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Joan of Arc : the Image of Female Heroism.
The fame of Joan of Arc began in her lifetime and, though it has dipped a little now and then, she has never vanished from view. Her image acts as a seismograph for the shifts and settlings of personal and political ideals: Joan of Arc is the heroine every movement has wanted as their figurehead. In...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford :
OUP Oxford,
2013.
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| Edición: | 2nd ed. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | The fame of Joan of Arc began in her lifetime and, though it has dipped a little now and then, she has never vanished from view. Her image acts as a seismograph for the shifts and settlings of personal and political ideals: Joan of Arc is the heroine every movement has wanted as their figurehead. In France, anti-semitic, xenophobic, extreme right parties have claimed her since the Action Francaise in the 19th century. By contrast, Socialists, feminists, and liberal Catholicsrallied to her as the champion of the dispossessed and the wrongly accused. Joan of Arc has also played a crucial role in. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (410 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780191651939 0191651931 |