
The Many Joans of Arc
Embodying Medievalism Worldwide
Ellie Crookes(Author)
Arc Humanities Press
Published on 31. October 2025
Book
Hardback
238 pages
978-1-80270-007-7 (ISBN)
Description
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 been moulded to fit a vast array of sometimes strange, often problematic agendas. The overarching aim of this book is to demystify the implications that arise when the ghost of Joan leaves the temporal and spatial bounds of medieval France to haunt post-medieval spaces and possess post-medieval personas.
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Series
Edition
New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Leeds
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
New edition
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 232 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
522 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-80270-007-7 (9781802700077)
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10/2025
1st Edition
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Person
Ellie Crookes is Lecturer in English Literature at the University of Wollongong (Dharawal land). She specializes in the study of medievalism, examining how the motifs, legends, and characters of the medieval past are adopted, adapted, and manipulated to suit the needs of post-medieval people.
Content
Acknowledgements
The Joans of Arc: An Introduction
Chapter 1. Maud Gonne: Ireland's Joan of Arc
Chapter 2. Madeleine de Verchères: La Jeanne d'Arc de la Nouvelle France
Chapter 3. Táhirih: The Persian Joan of Arc
Chapter 4. Halidé Edib Adibar: The Turkish Joan of Arc
Bibliography
Index
The Joans of Arc: An Introduction
Chapter 1. Maud Gonne: Ireland's Joan of Arc
Chapter 2. Madeleine de Verchères: La Jeanne d'Arc de la Nouvelle France
Chapter 3. Táhirih: The Persian Joan of Arc
Chapter 4. Halidé Edib Adibar: The Turkish Joan of Arc
Bibliography
Index