The Jesuit Relations : A Biography.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

True, Micah.

Series:

McGill-Queen's Studies in Early Canada / Avant le Canada Series

McGill-Queen's Studies in Early Canada / Avant le Canada Series ; v.11

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Missions, Canadian.

New France.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (319 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2025.

Summary:

The Jesuit "Relations" explores the intricate relationships between the published Relations and the many other texts written in New France, revealing a rich picture of a historical source that has shaped public understanding of colonial North America.

Contents:

Cover

THE JESUIT RELATIONS

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication

Contents

Figures

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1 “I Come Here Like the Pioneers”: Paul Le Jeune’s Briève Relation and the Jesuit Tradition of Edifying Letters

2 “What Occurred Most Noteworthy”: Jérôme Lalemant’s Journal and the Preparation of Annual Reports from New France

3 Paul Ragueneau, Christophe Regnaut, and the Making of a Tale of Martyrdom in the Relation of 1648–49

4 Indigenous Literacies Meet Alphabetic Writing: The Case of Joseph Chihoatenhwa

5 Writer, Reader, Colleague: Marie de l’Incarnation and the Jesuit Relations from New France

6 Provincial, Procurator, Printer: From Manuscript to Book in Paris

7 Reading the Jesuit Relations from the Seventeenth Century to Today

Conclusion and Future Directions

Notes

Works Cited

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ISBN:

0-2280-2542-7

OCLC:

1482696785