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 ...
The individuals featured in the exhibition run the gamut from famous figures like Joan of Arc and Italian French ... To complement these historic artifacts, the British Library asked scent ...
More than 800 years after her birth, Joan of Arc — a patron saint of France — remains an object of not just historical, but ...