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Record Number: 8933 Author(s)/Creator(s): Pinzino , Jane Marie. Contributor(s): Title: Speaking of Angels: A Fifteenth-Century Bishop in Defense of Joan of Arc's Mystical Voices Source: Fresh Verdicts on Joan of Arc.  Edited by Bonnie Wheeler and Charles T. Wood.  Garland Publishing, 1996.  Pages 161 - 176. Description: Article Type: Essay Subject (See Also): Elie de Bourdeilles, Bishop of Perigueux Joan of Arc, Saint Mystics Trials Visions Award Note: Geographic Area: France Century: 15 Primary Evidence: Illustrations: Table: Abstract: In the Rehabilitation Trial of 1456, Bishop Elie de Bourdeilles confronts the Condemnation Trial verdicts and narrates a salvation history of the French people with Joan of Arc as God's protagonist. The truth of this trial testimony lies not in its literal factualness about Joan of Arc but in its vitality as a popular myth of French cultural self-definition. [Reproduced by permission of Garland Publishing.] Related Resources: Author's Affiliation: University of Pennsylvania [doctoral candidate] Conference Info: - , - Year of Publication: 1996. Language: English ISSN/ISBN: 0815323379

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