TY - BOOK ID - 2766261 TI - Joan of Arc : the early debate PY - 2000 SN - 0851155723 0851158803 9780851155722 9780851158808 0585165076 9780585165073 PB - Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK Rochester, NY Boydell Press DB - UniCat KW - Christian women saints KW - Saintes chrétiennes KW - Biography KW - Sources KW - Biographie KW - Joan, KW - France KW - History KW - Historiography KW - Histoire KW - Historiographie KW - Trust in God KW - Christianity. KW - Saintes chrétiennes KW - Joan of Arc KW - 944.026 KW - Geschiedenis van Frankrijk: Honderdjarige Oorlog; Jeanne d'Arc; Charles VI; Charles VII--(1380-1461) KW - 944.026 Geschiedenis van Frankrijk: Honderdjarige Oorlog; Jeanne d'Arc; Charles VI; Charles VII--(1380-1461) KW - Charles VII, 1422-1461 KW - Christianity KW - Medieval period, 987-1515 KW - Historiography. KW - Sources. KW - Christian women saints - France - Biography - Sources KW - Trust in God - Christianity KW - Iohanna ab Arce KW - JEANNE D'ARC, SAINTE, 1412-1431 KW - BIOGRAPHIE KW - HISTORIOGRAPHIE KW - 15E SIECLE UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:2766261 AB - Joan of Arc arrived at the French court claiming to be sent by God to come to the aid of the dauphin Charles at the nadir of French fortune: the moment when the dauphin was at the greatest risk of losing the monarchy to the English forever. But the Maid's assertion that she was sent by God, the most controversial aspect of her career, has until now either been taken for granted or overridden by claims of her employment for political expediency; little attempt has been made to bring the theological principles of the Catholic doctrine of discretio spirituum (the discernment of spirits) to her case." "This book seeks to answer the question of whether contemporaries thought that Joan was diabolically or divinely inspired, a crucial but almost completely neglected issue. The author gathers and examines the extant theological documents indicating the presence of a genuine theological debate about Joan's mission, and also takes into account the two major literary works dealing with her, Christine de Pizan's Ditie de Jehanne d'Arc and Martin Le Franc's Le champion des dames, as well as Joan's own letter to the English, while the appendices offer translations of pertinent Latin and French texts. ER -