Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index


  • Title: Joan of Arc at the Court of Charles VII 
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  • Description: Joan asks Charles to travel with the army to Rheims while pointing to the troops that wait outside the palace. She is wearing a dress rather than men's clothing and armor.
  • Source: Wikimedia Commons
  • Rights: Public domain
  • Subject (See Also): Charles VII, King of France 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. 61v
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  • Artistic Type (Category): Digital images; Manuscript illuminations
  • Artistic Type (Material/Technique): Vellum (parchment)
  • Donor: Layman; Charles VIII, King of France
  • Height/Width/Length(cm): //
  • Inscription: Rubric: Comment la pucelle fit tirer l’armee/a troyes no(n) obstant que le co(n)seil feust/d’oppinion q(ue) le roy sen devoit retourner. [“How the young girl sent the army to Troyes notwithstanding the council’s advice that the king must return it.”]
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