The tragic tale of Claire Ferchaud and the Great War /

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This is the moving and improbable story of Claire Ferchaud, a young French shepherdess who had visions of Jesus and gained national fame at the height of World War I as a modern-day Joan of Arc. From her modest origins to her spectacular ascent, Claire's life and times are deftly related with l...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Jonas, Raymond Anthony
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2005.
Subjects:
Ferchaud, Claire, > 1896-1972.
Ferchaud, Claire, > 1896-1972
1900 - 1999
World War, 1914-1918 > Religious aspects > Catholic Church.
Sacred Heart, Devotion to > France > History of doctrines > 20th century.
Guerre mondiale, 1914-1918 > Aspect religieux > Église catholique.
Dévotion au Sacré-Cœur > France > Histoire des doctrines > 20e siècle.
RELIGION > Christianity > Catholic.
HISTORY > Europe > General.
War > Religious aspects
Sacred Heart, Devotion to > History of doctrines
Visioenen.
France
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The Great War in the European imagination
  • Miracle or "miracle?"
  • Carnal vision and saintly ambition
  • Spiritual patronage and a mission to save France
  • Silent eruptions : Claire and her public
  • In the footsteps of Joan
  • A kind of apotheosis : Claire goes to Paris
  • Claire's story goes public : the Sacred Heart and the Union Sacrée
  • Consecration by proxy
  • The unraveling
  • The unmaking of a saint
  • Prologue as epilogue : the story of Jonas.

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