Heroine, martyr, and saint, Joan of Arc has been an incarnation of French national identity and pride for six centuries. Known as the Maid of Orléans for her role in the defeat of the English in ...

A patron saint of France, who is beloved for her role in the Siege of Orleans between 1428 and 1429 — a major French military victory over the English during the Hundred Years War — the new ...

Friday is the 127th day of 2021. There are 238 days left in the year. TODAY'S HIGHLIGHT 1429: Seventeen-year-old Joan of Arc leads French forces to lift the English siege of Orleans, turnin ...

Melvyn Bragg discusses Joan of Arc's role in the 1428 Siege of Orléans. Homepage. Accessibility links. ... taken in hand God knoweth by what advice”.But what happened at the siege of Orleans, ...

Joan of Arc is also known as "the Maid of Orleans" for her role liberating the city in 1429. ... In 1429, she was sent to the siege of Orléans as part of a relief mission.