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Charles Martel (/ m ɑːr ˈ t ɛ l /; c. 688 – 22 October 741), [3] Martel being a sobriquet in Old French for "The Hammer", was a Frankish political and military leader who, as Duke and Prince of the Franks and Mayor of the Palace, was the de facto ruler of the Franks from 718 until his death.
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. Claiming to be ...
Joan of Arc was an American indie rock band from Chicago, Illinois named after the French saint Joan of Arc. They formed in 1995, following the breakup of Cap'n Jazz . [ 1 ]
McNally said Apple’s Joan of Arc-esque styling helped shift her public perception from “waif” to “warrior.” Similarly, Zendaya told InStyle her Met Gala look made her feel like ...
Joan of Arc is a 1999 Canadian two-part television miniseries about the 15th-century Catholic saint of the same name. The miniseries stars Leelee Sobieski as Saint Joan . A joint production of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and Alliance Atlantis Communications , it was shown internationally in 1999.
Emmanuel Frémiet's statue (made in 1874) of Joan of Arc in armor, located outside Place des Pyramides in Paris. Joan of Arc (French: Jeanne d'Arc), a French historical figure executed by the English for heresy in 1431, is a national heroine of France and a Roman Catholic saint. Joan accompanied an army during the Hundred Years War, adopting ...
Eventually, however, Charles prevailed and compelled the Frisians to submit. Radbod died in 719, [ 6 ] : 90 but for some years his successors struggled against the Frankish power. As an example of how powerful King Radbod still was at the end of his life, the news that he was engaged in assembling an army was reportedly enough to fill the ...
Joan of Arc descended from the influential emo band Cap'n Jazz. In a 2017 interview, frontman Tim Kinsella remarked "When the first Joan of Arc record came out [1997’s A Portable Model Of] all the emo people hated us. While we were in Cap’n Jazz, we were like, ‘Man, these emo bands fucking suck!