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Joan the Maid (French: Jeanne la pucelle) is a 1994 French historical film directed by Jacques Rivette.Chronicling the life of Joan of Arc from the French perspective, it was released in two parts: Joan the Maid, Part 1: The Battles (French: Les Batailles) and Joan the Maid, Part 2: The Prisons (French: Les Prisons).
Joan of Arc (French: Jeanne d'Arc [ʒan daʁk]; Middle French: Jehanne Darc [ʒəˈãnə ˈdark]; c. 1412 – 30 May 1431) is a patron saint of France, honored as a defender of the French nation for her role in the siege of Orléans and her insistence on the coronation of Charles VII of France during the Hundred Years' War.
Saint Joan the Maid or The Marvellous Life of Joan of Arc (French: La merveilleuse vie de Jeanne d'Arc) is a 1929 French-German silent historical drama film directed by Marco de Gastyne and starring Simone Genevois, Fernand Mailly and Georges Paulais.
Joan's home village of Domrémy was near the border between the French Duchy of Bar and the Duchy of Lorraine in the Holy Roman Empire, so at the time many in France believed in her. During her examination at Poitiers , Joan was reportedly questioned about a recent prophecy attributed (perhaps incorrectly) to Marie d'Avignon [ 1 ] concerning an ...
Joan, Countess of Kent (29 September 1326/1327 [1] – 7 August 1385), known as the Fair Maid of Kent, was the mother of King Richard II of England, her son by her third husband, Edward the Black Prince, son and heir apparent of King Edward III.
The lyrical verse written by Christine de Pizan, "The Tale of Joan of Arc", was completed on July 31, 1429. [2] The story is credited as the only written work about Joan of Arc that was written during her lifetime. [citation needed] Pizan is said to have died before Joan was captured. Joan of Arc led the French army in May 1429 to end a siege ...
Joan the Woman is a 1916 American epic silent drama film directed by Cecil B. DeMille and starring Geraldine Farrar as Joan of Arc. The film premiered on Christmas Day in 1916. This was DeMille's first historical drama. The screenplay is based on Friedrich Schiller's 1801 play Die Jungfrau von Orleans (The Maid of Orleans). [3]
The Maid of Orleans (French: La Pucelle d'Orléans) is a satirical poem by Voltaire about Joan of Arc, circulated in private readings and in manuscript beginning the 1730's. In response to pirated prints appearing in the 1750's, Voltaire published an authorized edition (Geneva 1762) shorn of most bawdy and anticlerical passages.