In this Book
- The Tragic Tale of Claire Ferchaud and the Great War
- Book
- 2005
- Published by: University of California Press
summary
This is the moving and improbable story of Claire Ferchaud, a young French shepherdess who had visions of Jesus and gained national fame as a modern-day Joan of Arc at the height of World War I. Claire experienced her first vision after a childhood trauma in which her mother locked her in a closet to break her stubborn willfulness. She developed her visionary gifts with the aid of spiritual directors and, by the age of twenty, she had come to believe that Jesus wanted France consecrated to the Sacred Heart. Claire believed that if France undertook this devotion, symbolized by adding the image of the Sacred Heart to the French flag, it would enjoy rapid victory in the war. From her modest origins to her spectacular ascent, Claire's life and times are deftly related with literary verve and insight in a book that gives a rare view of the French countryside during the Great War.
Table of Contents
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- List of Illustrations
- pp. xi-xii
- Acknowledgments
- pp. xiii-xiv
- Miracle or “Miracle”?
- pp. 9-14
- Carnal Vision and Saintly Ambition
- pp. 15-25
- In the Footsteps of Joan
- pp. 47-61
- Consecration by Proxy
- pp. 96-117
- The Unraveling
- pp. 118-132
- The Unmaking of a Saint
- pp. 133-159
- Prologue as Epilogue: The Story of Jonas
- pp. 160-162
- Bibliography
- pp. 189-210
Additional Information
ISBN
9780520938281
Related ISBN(s)
9780520242999
MARC Record
OCLC
57535019
Pages
231
Launched on MUSE
2014-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No