Joan of Arc was an unlikely military hero who — believing she’d been recruited by God — led an army to save the French city of Orléans from a British siege in 1429.

Joan of Arc was just a teenager when she rose to become the inspiring figurehead of the French army. In this video, we explore her incredible journey - from visions and battles to her lasting legacy ...

The 2023 Joan of Arc parade will feature, a new, bigger dragon puppet, designed by Amanda Helm. (Photo courtesy the Joan of Arc parade) The annual Joan of Arc foot and horseback procession is like ...

The Story: Believing that she was the virgin who had been prophesized and that she was destined to save France, Joan of Arc—an 18-year-old peasant girl with no military background—led the ...

Some, like Cleopatra and Joan of Arc, are celebrated icons, while others, like Lozen and Artemisia, remain lesser-known […] The post 11 Legendary Women Warriors Who Defied History appeared ...

'Joan' By Katherine J. Chen (Random House, fiction) What it's about: A secular reimagining and feminist celebration of the life of Joan of Arc that transforms the legendary saint into a flawed yet ...

'Joan of Arc,' French auteur Bruno Dumont's second film about the historical French heroine, premiered in the Un Certain Regard sidebar in Cannes. By Jordan Mintzer Those viewers who didn’t ...

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Legendary French heroine Joan of Arc will be portrayed as nonbinary in a radical departure from the historic figure's usual depiction at London’s Globe Theatre.. A patron saint of France, who is ...

The news has prompted a backlash in Catholic circles, with several taking to Twitter to voice their dismay, saying the interpretation detracts from St. Joan of Arc’s heroic life and erases the ...

Theatre bosses say the play, I, Joan - which charts the life of the French patron saint - will "offer the possibility of another point of view" when it arrives later this month.