UWA Logo What's On at UWA
   UWA HomeProspective Students  | Current Students  | Staff  | Alumni  | Visitors  | About  |     Search UWA    for      
 

PUBLIC LECTURE: The Trials of Joan of Arc

* Login to add events... *
Today's date is Friday, March 29, 2024
The Trials of Joan of Arc Other events...
A public lecture by Craig Taylor, Senior Lecturer in Medieval History at the University of York.

This lecture will explore the two great trials of the celebrated French heroine, firstly at Rouen in 1431 while in the hands of her enemies and then between 1455 and 1456, when a posthumous investigation nullified the verdict of the original trial. Modern scholars have offered increasingly sophisticated analyses of the records of Joan’s public and private interrogations at Rouen in 1431; under such careful scrutiny, these sources raise fascinating questions regarding the ‘truthfulness’ of medieval records and of Joan’s story, as well as different kinds of insights into wider questions of religion and gender in late medieval society. Yet the records of the second trial have not received as careful attention, in large part because they remain pivotal to undermining the credibility of the original heresy trial. In this lecture, Dr Taylor will turn the spotlight onto the second trial, suggesting new ways in which scholars might approach these familiar records.

Cost: Free, but RSVP essential via the IAS website http://www.ias.uwa.edu.au/lectures/taylor
Location **VENUE UPDATE** Woolnough Lecture Theatre, Geography Building (ground floor), UWA
Contact Institute of Advanced Studies <[email protected]> : 6488 1340
URL http://www.ias.uwa.edu.au/lectures/taylor
Start Thu, 26 Jun 2014 18:00
End Thu, 26 Jun 2014 19:00
RSVP RSVP is required.
Submitted by Audrey Barton <[email protected]>
Last Updated Fri, 20 Jun 2014 12:47
Included in the following Calendars:
Additional Information:
  • Locations of venues on the Crawley and Nedlands campuses are available via the Campus Maps website.
  • Download this event as: Text | iCalendar
  • Mail this event:

Top of Page
© 2001-2010  The University of Western Australia
Questions? Mail [email protected]