Contents |
pt. 1. Lourdes : the making of a shrine. Like any town : Lourdes before the apparitions -- An ignorant young girl : the childhood of Bernadette, 1844-1858 -- The fortnight : daily visions from 18 February to 4 March 1858 -- So many extraordinary things : miracles in Lourdes, 1858 -- The spirit of resistance : Lourdes, May to September 1858 -- For the sake of religious enlightenment : the episcopal mandate, 1858-1866 -- 'What will you become?' : the education fo Bernadette, 1860-1866 -- pt. 2. Nevers : the afterlife of a visionary. 'I have come here to hide myself' : life in the novitiate, 1866-1867 -- 'Watching over the sentiments of my heart' : religious life at St Gildard -- Silence of the self : Bernadette as a Sister of Nevers -- Atrocious sufferings : the deathbed, 1875-1879. |