Joan's Two Bodies: A Study in Political Anthropology

From all of the evidence, Joan of Arc was a conventionally pious Catholic and a patriotic Frenchman. Yet she was tried as a heretic and executed as a traitor. She unnerved both her friends and her enemies in the church and the state with her zeal. And she continues to fascinate. Almost six centuries...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Social research 2011-06, Vol.78 (2), p.307-324
1. Verfasser:	Sullivan, Winnifred Fallers
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	15th century Analysis Anthropology Catholics Christianity Churches Democracy Essays Experimentation Fiction Friendship Heresy Historical Development Historical text analysis Islam Joan of Arc (1412-31) Joan of Arc, Saint Legal fictions Part II: Conceptions of the "Normal" Body Political anthropology Political violence Politics Religion Religion & politics Religion and politics Secularism Social research Theology Trials
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Zusammenfassung:	From all of the evidence, Joan of Arc was a conventionally pious Catholic and a patriotic Frenchman. Yet she was tried as a heretic and executed as a traitor. She unnerved both her friends and her enemies in the church and the state with her zeal. And she continues to fascinate. Almost six centuries after she was burned at the stake, her body still has life. This essay uses Kantorowicz's reading of the historical development of the legal fiction of the king's two bodies to re-focus our attention on what Joan of Arc accomplished as a political actor. Adapted from the source document.
ISSN:	0037-783X 1944-768X 1944-768X
DOI:	10.1353/sor.2011.0038