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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784501203321

Autore

Sullivan Karen <1964->

Titolo

The interrogation of Joan of Arc / / Karen Sullivan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Minneapolis ; ; London : , : University of Minnesota Press, , 1999

©1999

ISBN

0-8166-8986-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxv, 204 pages)

Collana

Medieval cultures ; ; v. 20

Disciplina

944.

944.026

944.026092

Soggetti

Christian women saints - France

Questioning - France - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. The Fairy Tree; 2. The Voices from God; 3. The Departure for France; 4. The Sign for the King; 5. The Inquiry at Rouen; 6. The Confession of Conscience; 7. The Prison Cell; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The transcripts of Joan of Arc's trial for heresy at Rouen in 1431 and the minutes of her interrogation have long been recognized as our best source of information about the Maid of Orleans. Focusing on the minutes recorded by clerics, however, Karen Sullivan challenges the accuracy of the transcript. In The Interrogation of Joan of Arc, she re-reads the record not as a perfect reflection of a historical personality's words, but as a literary text resulting from the collaboration between Joan and her interrogators.