2. Jeanne d'Arc (1412 - 30 May 1431)
- experienced visions from God
(started when she was 12)
- at the age of 16 approached
the garrison commander
- disguised herself as a man to
travel through hostile area
- had to borrow armor, horse
etc.
- she was excluded from
meetings at the beginning
3. Joan’s accomplishments
- Joan of Arc turned - she rejected previous
conflict into religious strategies and wanted
war to attack
- her background was
searched - she was successful and
- she was a skilled tactic although being
and strategist wounded she continued
to guide the army
4. More about Joan
- all Joan’s decisions
were accepted
- some towns returned to
French without
resistance
- in Paris Joan was
wounded although she
continued to fight
- she was ordered to
withdraw
5. The capture and trial
- 23 May 1430 she was - she signed a document
captured which she did not
- she attempted several understand
escapes - she was burned twice
- although they tried to and her bones were
find evidence against thrown into Seine
her, they were
unsuccessful
- stopped having public
trials
6. Cultural and political importance
- crossed gender and class - “cross dresser” A person
lines who wears the clothing of
- first female to lead an army the opposite gender, for
- symbol of feminism for the any reason
suffragettes - 25 years after she died, she
- representation non- was declared a martyr
traditional, female warrior - symbol for the French
for universal rights revolution
- lived outside cultural
gender expectations:
symbol for feminists and
transgender
7. Representations in art
LITERATURE
- Personal Recollection of Joan of Arc, by the Sieur Louis
de Conte by Mark Twain, 1896
- Saint Joan by George Bernard Shaw, 1923
- The Image of the Beast by Philip José Farmer, 1968
POETRY
- The Tale of Joan of Arc by Christine de Pizan, 1429
- The Orleanid by Philippe-Alexandre Le Brun de
Charmettes, 1821
- The Maiden of Orléans by Voltaire, 1756
8. MUSIC
- Joan of Arc, a song by Leonard Cohen
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94f2exI6yF4
- Jeanne d'Arc, an album by Thy Majestie
- operas Giovanna d'Arco by Verdi, 1845, and
The Maid of Orléans by Tchaikovsky, 1878
9. OTHER
- over 20
sculptures, mostly in
France and USA
- Kamikaze Kaito Jeanne
by Arina Tanemura
- animes such as
Digimon and Yu-Gi-Oh!
- computer and video
games
- Wars & Warriors: Joan
of Arc
11. Joan of Arc in motion pictures
- Jeanne d'Arc (1898)
- Joan the Woman (1916)
- Joan of Arc (1948)
- The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc
(1999)
- Jeanne captive (The Silence of Joan) (2011)
