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13 Cards in this Set
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Title of Work
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An Army of Angels: A Novel of Joan of Arc
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Author of Work
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Pamela Marcantel
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Type of work, why it matters
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Historical fiction, Author can shape the character as they want (helps show culture existing in)
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Three Major Themes
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1. Unchallenged Military Influence and Charisma
2. Emotional and Feminine |
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Joan as a Military Leader
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1. Made influential decisions for the battles and for simple tasks like prisoner quarters
2. Well spoken with the elites and soldiers 3. Extremely inspiring with speeches and battlefield commands 4. Embarrassing of inadequate leaders |
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Joan as Emotional and Feminine
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1. Compassion for dead and wounded soldiers
2. Emotional roller-coasters throughout the book 3. Mother like scolding towards unruly soldiers |
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How it relates to time period
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1. Feminism, showing women as being both strong willed and compassionate
2. Women in the Military |
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Letters being used
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1. March 23, 1430 (Heretics)
2. July 4, 1429 (Political and Religious) |
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Take Aways from letters
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1. Deeply believing the Divine right of the French King
2. Loyal to the church 3. Loyal to God and his Plan |
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Take Away from Trial
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1. Joan as defiant to the Church
2. Joan as confused and non responsive |
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Take Away from Nullification Trial
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1. Many of the Trial Members Recanted
2. A panel of theologians analyzed testimony from some 150 witnesses, most of whom had more or less unanimously testified to her purity, integrity and courage. 3. final summary in June, 1456, which described Joan as a martyr and implicated the late Pierre Cauchon with heresy for having convicted an innocent woman in pursuit of a secular vendetta 4. Showed her as innocent of heresy and a victim of a loaded court. |
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Take Away from Canonization
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Importance of Being Canonized
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Facts about canonization
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1. Canonized in 1920
2. Beatification in 1909 |
