Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index


  • Title: Joan of Arc is Tied to the Stake
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  • Description: Joan of Arc is tied to the stake to be burned before a crowd of male spectators including clergy members.
  • Source: Wikimedia Commons
  • Rights: Public domain
  • Subject (See Also): Executions Joan of Arc, Saint
  • Geographic Area: France
  • Century: 15
  • Date: 1484
  • Related Work: Martial d’Auvergne, Vigiles du roi Charles VII
  • Current Location: Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, MS fr. 5054, fol. 71v
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  • Artistic Type (Category): Digital images; Manuscript illuminations
  • Artistic Type (Material/Technique): Vellum (parchment)
  • Donor: Layman; Charles VIII, King of France
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