Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index


  • Title: Joan of Arc Led through Chinon
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  • Description: Joan, wearing a dress, is led through Chinon to meet Charles VII. According to the testimony of the knight Jean de Metz at Joan of Arc's rehabilitation trial, she wore men’s clothing on the trip to meet the king.
  • Source: Wikimedia Commons
  • Rights: Public domain
  • Subject (See Also): 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. 55v
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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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