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Record Number:
5237
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Title:
Why Joan of Arc Never Became an Amazon
Source:
Fresh Verdicts on Joan of Arc. Edited by Bonnie Wheeler and Charles T. Wood. Garland Publishing, 1996. Pages 189 - 204.
Description:
Article Type:
Essay
Subject
(See Also)
:
Amazons
Catalogs
Joan of Arc, Saint
Nine Worthy Women (Literary Motif)
Award Note:
Geographic Area:
France
Century:
15
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Abstract:
An argument against the widely-held belief that the popularity of the Amazons in late medieval France was a positive influence on the decision of Charles VII's theologians to endorse Joan's mission. [Reproduced by permission of Garland Publishing.]
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Year of Publication:
1996.
Language:
English
ISSN/ISBN:
0815323379