What makes Joan stick isn’t just that she lived dramatically. It’s that her legacy keeps getting recycled for modern debates ...
St. Jeanne d’Arc (Joan of Arc) is celebrated on the French liturgical calendar on May 30 as co-patroness of France. Seeking her intercession, there is currently an ongoing nine-year national novena in ...
More than 600 years after her birth, Joan of Arc — a patron saint of France — remains an object of not just historical, but cultural fascination. Over the summer, we’ve witnessed Chappell Roan’s armor ...
“I like Joan of Arc best of all my books, and it is the best; I know it perfectly well. And besides, it furnished me seven times the pleasure afforded me by any of the others; twelve years of ...
Scott Alexander, the noted rationalist blogger, has a feature where guest writers pen book reviews and essays for his site, and this week an anonymous writer reviewed the historical literature on Joan ...
The very first parade of the Carnival season is also one of the very best. On Jan. 6, the 17th annual Joan of Arc parade will march through the French Quarter, celebrating the birthday of the ...
You might think that marching through the French Quarter with a couple dozen Flaming Heretics would keep you warm. But you’d be wrong. It was 41 degrees at the start of the Joan of Arc parade Monday ...