The Maid was Joan of Arc, whose role in liberating the city of Orléans in 1429 had put courage back into the hearts of the embattled French. Even so, her capture soon after was a morale boost for ...
More than 800 years after her birth, Joan of Arc — a patron saint of France — remains an object of not just historical, but ...
On Jan. 6, the 17th annual Joan of Arc parade will march through the French ... procession that mixes elements of the saint’s fiery biography, French heritage, feminism and the costuming of ...