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Joan of Arc
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A CBS TV miniseries coincides with the revival of cultural interest in Joan of Arc.
There has been a revival of cultural interest in Joan of Arc, the 15th-century French peasant girl who became a French national hero and a Roman Catholic saint. One piece of the new interest is a CBS television miniseries, JOAN OF ARC, which begins May 16th. Our critic Martha Bayles took a look.
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Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly
Joan of Arc
Clip: Season 2 | 3m 2s
There has been a revival of cultural interest in Joan of Arc, the 15th-century French peasant girl who became a French national hero and a Roman Catholic saint. One piece of the new interest is a CBS television miniseries, JOAN OF ARC, which begins May 16th. Our critic Martha Bayles took a look.
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