Joan of Arc: The Maid of Orleans
From within her own brief life to the present day, Joan of Arc’s mystique has been appropriated by many groups and causes. This program, filmed in Orleans and Joan’s native village of Domremy, allows her to speak for herself through voice-over r...
The Hungarian Princesses: Elizabeth and Margaret
Perhaps no members of European royalty rejected wealth and embraced poverty so utterly as Elizabeth and Margaret, Hungarian princesses and members of a ruling family that produced ten saints. Filmed amidst the spectacular vistas of Hungary’s medie...
Hildegard of Bingen
Poet, essayist, musician, and visionary, Hildegard of Bingen is the most well-known female mystic of the Middle Ages, renowned in Europe for advising popes and bishops, conducting theological debates with Bernard of Clairvaux, and composing Ordo Vir...