Parution : The Many Joans of Arc. Embodying Medievalism Worldwide
Abstract
Ellie Crookes, The Many Joans of Arc. Embodying Medievalism Worldwide, ARC, 2025, 238 p. https://www.arc-humanities.org/9781802700077/the-many-joans-of-arc/ This book centres on the phenomenon of the Joans of Arc—a global medievalist trend of women being celebrated as their nation’s own Joan. Though these women bear the name of a medieval French woman, use of the title is bound to diverse and shifting preoccupations, prejudices, and prerogatives of the post-medieval world. Joan’s legend has ...
Fields of Study & Subjects
Medieval Literature and History
Historical
Literary
and Cultural Studies
Cultural History and Identity Formation
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Industrias Culturais (Universidade de Coimbra)
- Publication date
- 5 January 2026