Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index


  • Record Number: 13770
  • Author(s)/Creator(s): De Boer , Dick.
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  • Title: Joan of Arc, The Historical Actuality of a Fascination [The author briefly surveys the afterlife of Joan of Arc, concentrating on a recent comic book, "Le lys et l'ogre;" the author comments on the situation, both in the comic book and in the historical record, in which young women claim to be Joan after her death].
  • Source: Joan of Arc: Reality and Myth.  Edited by Jan van HerwaardenPublikaties van de Faculteit der Historische en Kunstwetenschappen. Maatschappijgeschiedenis.  Verloren, 1994.  Pages 7 - 18.
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  • Article Type: Essay
  • Subject (See Also): Comic Books Historiography Impostors and Imposture Joan of Arc, Saint
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  • Geographic Area: France
  • Century: 15
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  • Illustrations: Two illustrations. Figure One Marco Ventura, portrait of Joan of arc in armor from the French version of Piero Ventura's comic book, "Giovanna d'Arco" (1989). Figure Two Jacques Martin and Jean Pleysers, Two panels from "Le lys et l'ogre" (1986) in which the hero Jhen Roque learns of Joan's reappearance.
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  • Year of Publication: 1994.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN/ISBN: 9065504125