# Andrew Lang — Saint Joan character guide

> Andrew Lang in Saint Joan by George Bernard Shaw.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Andrew, Lang

**First appearance:** 0017-the-maid-in-literature

## Who they are

Author of a biography of Joan of Arc.

## In the story

### [The Maid in Literature](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/saint_joan_se/chapters/the-maid-in-literature)

Mentioned as a biographer of Joan who reacted against Anatole France's skeptical Life, defending Joan's military and political ability as a straightforward fact, and writing a rival Life as a corrective.

### [Protestant Misunderstandings of the Middle Ages](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/saint_joan_se/chapters/protestant-misunderstandings-of-the-middle-ages)

Writer who treated medieval history as romance rather than a high civilization, contributing to misunderstandings.

### [Joan Not Tried as a Political Offender](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/saint_joan_se/chapters/joan-not-tried-as-a-political-offender)

Andrew Lang is mentioned alongside Mark Twain as sharing Joan's innocence and producing an absurd account of the trial.

### [Tragedy Not Melodrama](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/saint_joan_se/chapters/tragedy-not-melodrama)

Mentioned alongside Mark Twain as an author who reduced Joan's story to melodrama by depicting Cauchon and the Inquisitor as villains.

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