The Maid was Joan of Arc, whose role in liberating the city ... and misleading questions,” said one contemporary, “many clerics and educated men present there would have had problems answering.” ...

More than 800 years after her birth, Joan ... Arc (1928) starring Renée Jeanne Falconetti. Falconetti’s mesmerizing depiction ...

Cholet, 10 March 1917 - Mlle. Perchoud, a 20 year old farmer’s daughter from France is thought to be the modern day Joan of Arc. Mlle. Perchoud, who lives in Puy Saint Bonnet, near Cholet ...

In a cold, empty room, Joan sits bound and alone as a shadowed figure lowers a barbed wire crown onto her head, its spikes drawing blood and tears. Despite the excruciating pain and isolation ...