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1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations |
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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 |
| Summary |
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 literary verve and insight in a book that gives a rare view of the French countryside during the Great War. Claire experienced her first vision of Jesus 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 |
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apotheosis |
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biography |
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childhood trauma |
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christianity |
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claire ferchaud |
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discussion books |
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downfall |
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european history |
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french countryside |
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french peasant |
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french war |
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historical nonfiction |
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historical visionaries |
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illustrated |
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jesus christ |
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joan of arc |
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life story |
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national fame |
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religious visions |
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sacred heart |
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spiritual development |
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spiritual directors |
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spiritual patronage |
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tragic history |
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visionary gifts |
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visions of jesus |
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war |
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world war i |
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wwi |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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English |
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Print version record |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Subject |
Ferchaud, Claire, 1896-1972.
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| SUBJECT |
Ferchaud, Claire, 1896-1972 fast |
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Religious aspects -- Catholic Church.
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Sacred Heart, Devotion to -- France -- History of doctrines -- 20th century
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RELIGION -- Christianity -- Catholic.
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HISTORY -- Europe -- General.
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War -- Religious aspects
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Sacred Heart, Devotion to -- History of doctrines
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Visioenen.
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France
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780520938281 |
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0520938283 |
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9786612763120 |
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6612763124 |
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