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Joan of Arc and Christine de Pizan's Ditie

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Grounded in a close reading of the records of Joan's trial and rehabilitation, on the early letters announcing her arrival at Chinon, and on three literary works; Christine de Pizan's Ditie, Martin le Franc's Le Champion des dames, and Alain Chartier's, Traite de l'Esperance, this controversial work argues that serious historians should accept that Joan was trained. It proposes that she was identified and taught how to behave in the expectation of the fulfillment of the Charlemagne Prophecy and other prophecies from the Joachite tradition. It explores the possibility that Christine de Pizan, who had been promoting these prophecies from the beginning of the century, had some hand in the process that resulted in Joan's appearance and demonstrates, at the very least, that there are many links connecting Christine de Pizan to the knights who fought with Joan.
Karen Green is associate professor of philosophy at the University of Melbourne.
Chapter 1: Christine de Pizan Chapter 2: Christine's 'Ditie' Chapter 3: Penthesilea's Charity Chapter 4: Joan's testimony Chapter 5: The Ladies' Champion Chapter 6: A very little golden ring Chapter 7: Merlin and Sibyl and Bede Chapter 8: The Flying Stag Chapter 9: Chartier's Hope Chapter 10: A Sacred Sword Chapter 11: Franciscans and Bourbons Chapter 12: Christine's whereabouts
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