Apostles of Empire - The Jesuits and New France

Apostles of Empire contributes to ongoing research on the Jesuits, New France, and Atlantic World encounters, as well as on early modern French society, print culture, Catholicism, and imperialism.
 

Sommario

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Note on Primary Sources
Part 1. Foundations and the Era of the Parisian Relations
1. A Mission for France
2. Rescuing the “Poor Miserable Savage”
3. Surviving the Beaver Wars and the Fronde
4. Exporting and Importing Catholic Charity
Part 2. A Longue Durée of War and Metropolitan Neglect
5. Crusading for Iroquois Country
6. Cultivating an Indigenous Colonial Aristocracy
7. Losing Paris
8. A Mission with No Empire
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Info autore

Bronwen McShea earned her PhD in early modern history at Yale University and an MTS in the history of Christianity at Harvard Divinity School. She has books forthcoming on the life of Cardinal Richelieu’s heiress, the Duchesse d’Aiguillon, and on women in the history of the Catholic Church.
 

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Bronwen McShea
• Editore: University of Nebraska Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 31.01.2022
• EAN: 9781496229083
• ISBN: 978-1-4962-2908-3
• Pagine: 376
• Serie: France Overseas: Studies in Empire and Decolonization; France Overseas: Studies in Em
• Categoria: Saggistica > Storia > Altro