Jonas, Raymond Anthony.

The tragic tale of Claire Ferchaud and the Great War [electronic resource] / Raymond Jonas. - Berkeley : University of California Press, 2005. - xiv, 217p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.


Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2009.
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Ferchaud, Claire, 1896-1972.


World War, 1914-1918--Religious aspects--Catholic Church.
Sacred Heart, Devotion to--History of doctrines--France--20th century.


Electronic books.

BX4705.F37 / J66 2005eb

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