Date of Award:
8-2026
Document Type:
Thesis
Degree Name:
Master of Arts (MA)
Department:
History
Committee Chair(s)
Julia Gossard
Committee
Julia Gossard
Committee
Tammy Proctor
Committee
Marissa Vigneault
Abstract
This thesis investigates the role Jeanne d’Arc has played in the development of the national heritage of France through from 1789 to 1920. It does so to understand how the national memory has been shaped by monumentalization, specifically state sponsored commissions of statues and artworks of Jeanne d’Arc. I argue that she has been employed, and relied on as a symbol of strength, unity, and resilience throughout periods of heightened instability within France. These periods include the Napoleonic Era, the monarchy of King Louis-Philippe, and the collapse of Napoleon III’s Second Empire, as well as during key moments of the Third Republic, such as the Dreyfus Affair the Great War. This study seeks to understand the role that monumentalizations of Jeanne d’Arc have had in shaping French nationalism through this period. This thesis relies on visual and material culture sources.
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Recommended Citation
Matthews, Jason, "The Heretic and the Saint: Jeanne d'Arc and Memory in the Long Nineteenth Century" (2026). All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Fall 2023 to Present. 839.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd2023/839
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