More than 800 years after her birth, Joan of Arc — a patron saint of France — remains an object of not just historical, but ...

Baz Luhrmann's upcoming Joan of Arc movie has been in the works for decades. "This is something he's talked about for 30 years," his wife and creative partner Catherine Martin told me Saturday at ...

As Notre Dame cathedral prepares to reopen its doors for the first time since a devastating fire in 2019, a look back at five ...

In 1455, it hosted the posthumous retrial of Joan of Arc. In 1804, Napoleon crowned himself emperor there. In 1944, its bells ...

A letter signed by Joan of Arc in 1429 has left France for the first time, to be displayed as part of an exhibition at the British Library in London. The letter, which is one of only two surviving ...

Among the many mysteries of Joan of Arc’s meteoric career, one of the most baffling is the origin of her inspiration—her “voices,” as she called them. Was she hysterical? Was she insane?

As Notre Dame cathedral prepares to reopen its doors for the first time since a devastating fire in 2019, a look back at five ...

Once upon a time, there was a girl who talked to God. She built a nation, and they burned her for it. Oscar, Grammy, and Golden Globe winner David Byrne, lead singer of the Talking Heads and ...

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