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Jeanne d'Arc: see Joan of Arc Joan of Arc, Fr. Jeanne D'Arc (zhän därk), 1412?–31, French saint and national heroine, called the Maid of Orléans; daughter of a farmer of Domrémy on the border of Champagne and Lorraine. ..... Click the link for more information. . Joan of Arc, SaintFrench Jeanne d'Arc(born c. 1412, Domrémy, Bar, Fr.—died May 30, 1431, Rouen; canonized May 16, 1920; feast day May 30) French military heroine. She was a peasant girl who from an early age believed she heard the voices of Sts. Michael, Catherine, and Margaret. When she was about 16, her voices began urging her to aid France's Dauphin (crown prince) and save France from the English attempt at conquest in the Hundred Years' War. Dressed in men's clothes, she visited the Dauphin and convinced him, his advisers, and the church authorities to support her. With her inspiring conviction, she rallied the French troops and raised the English siege of Orléans in 1429. She soon defeated the English again at Patay. The Dauphin was crowned king at Reims as Charles VII, with Joan beside him. Her siege of Paris was unsuccessful, and in 1430 she was captured by the Burgundians and sold to the English. Abandoned by Charles, she was turned over to the ecclesiastical court at Rouen, controlled by French clerics who supported the English, and tried for witchcraft and heresy (1431). She fiercely defended herself but finally recanted and was sentenced to life imprisonment; when she again asserted that she had been divinely inspired, she was burned at the stake. She was not canonized until 1920. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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But I can imagine many essentially realistic plays that might effectively employ dancers or a dance choir: Death of a Salesman, Saint Joan, Angels in America, and, of course, just about all of Shakespeare, Moliere and Wilde. Jamie's footage of the pageant, shot with a handheld camera and then edited to incorporate historical depictions of Saint Joan, gives the segment a behind-the-scenes, almost voyeuristic feel as well as a sense of continuity with the past and an understanding of the ongoing fascination with her mythology. If you have been hurt by "the church," meaning only some priests and bishops, remember, as Budd Schulberg points out in On the Waterfront, that Saint Basil was accused of heresy before Pope Damascus, Saint Cyril was condemned by a council of 40 bishops, Saint Joan of Arc was burned at the stake, and Saint Ignatius of Loyola was imprisoned by the Inquisition. |
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