By Don Hollway In November 1455 a most extraordinary ecclesiastical court convened in the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris at the behest of the French Inquisition. Read more The post Joan of Arc and the Siege of Orleans appeared first on Warfare History Network.| Warfare History Network
Jeanne d’Arc. Jules Bastien-Lepage, 1879. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. The very first time I was in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City I was there in the best of circums…| Writing from the Heart, Reading for the Road
One of the most common inspirations I've seen for Joan of Arc book covers is Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres's 1854 painting entitled Jeanne d'Arc au sacre du roi Charles VII, dans la cathédrale de Reims (Joan of Arc at the coronation of King Charles VII, in the Reims Cathedral). This piece is displayed prominently at the Louvre […]| Scott Manning
Historial Jeanne d’Arc in Rouen | medievallyspeaking.blogspot.com
In 1913, Al Ringling kept Joan of Arc as the theme for the 45-minute spectacle that preceded each Ringling Bros. circus show. That meant that targeted towns saw a lot of Joan of Arc-related advertising like this one in the Taunton Daily Gazette (June 7). Ads like these appeared in newspapers all over America in […]| Scott Manning
Publisher DetailsReviewsTable of Contents Publisher Details Scott Manning (London: Rowman & Littlefield, 2023) Pages: i-xviii, 281Bibliographic Info: Map, chronology, appendix, bibliography, index Purchase: Rowman & Littlefield | Amazon Joan of Arc is the most recognizable woman from medieval Europe, yet the details of her life remain obscure to the general public while heavily debated by […]| Scott Manning
Call for Papers sponsored by The International Joan of Arc Society/Société Internationale de l’étude de Jeanne d’Arc International Congress on Medieval Studies (ICMS 2023)May 11 to 13, 2023 Western Michigan University In his translation of Joan of Arc’s 1431 condemnation trial, Daniel Hobbins instructed his readers that the defendant “was not a contradiction to her […]| Scott Manning
This week, The Year’s Work in Medievalism published my paper “Channeling Joan of Arc in Doom: Annihilation (2019)” examining the latest Doom movie directed by Tony Giglio. It is available for free via open access, but here are some of the highlights. Writer/Director Tony Giglio chose a female lead for Doom: Annihilation, the first in […]| Scott Manning
The work by Enguerrand de Monstrelet, Governor of Cambrai, covers the years 1400 to 1444. The section given below deals with events in France from 1428 to 1430, focusing on the rise of Joan of Arc, and ending with her capture. Chapters not dealing with military events have been omitted.| De Re Militari
Aeneas Sylvius Piccolomini, a statesman, poet and humanist, ascended to the Papal throne as Pius II in 1458. Writing in the third person, his work, the Commentaries of Pius II is part autobiography, memoir, diary and history. Much of his work revolves around the warfare and politics of Italy, but he also makes many remarks on events further away, including the following item on Joan of Arc. The text below starts just after Joan arrives in the presence of the Dauphin and asks for an army to re...| De Re Militari
“Find the place inside yourself where nothing is impossible.”—Deepak Chopra I was recently reminded of this story about Joan of Arc. The King of France, curious about the peasant girl’s unwavering …| Pam Grout