She is a girl, but fights like a man; she is a Christian virgin, but wears men’s clothes; she feels a direct relationship with God, but does not recognize the mediation of the Church. Revered as a saint, she has become a myth, and not only for the French. Many questions remain, however, about this young woman in arms who was burned at the stake at age 19.

Maria Giuseppina Muzzarelli has taught Medieval History, History of Cities and History and Cultural Heritage of Fashion at the University of Bologna. She works on the history of mentality and society. Among her publications: Fishers of men. Preachers and squares at the end of the Middle Ages. (2005); An Italian at the Court of France. Christine de Pizan intellectual and woman (new edition 2017); Covered head. Stories of women and veils (new 2018 edition); The rules of luxury. Appearances and everyday life from the Middle Ages to the modern age. (2020). Per Laterza è autrice di In the hands of women. Feeding, healing, poisoning from the Middle Ages to the present. (2013), Mothers, missed mothers, almost mothers. Six medieval stories (2021) e La señora. Life and Adventures of Gracia Nasi (2024).

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