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 ...

On Jan. 6, the 17th annual Joan of Arc parade will march through the French Quarter, celebrating the birthday of the legendary sword-wielding teenage warrior. The Krewe de Jeanne d’Arc always ...

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

1455: Joan of Arc - Burnt on a stake in a public square after being accused of heresy, the case of Joan of Arc has become legend in France. In 1455, 24 years after her dramatic death at the age of ...