Marguerite Bourgeoys and Montreal, 1640-1665

Marguerite Bourgeoys and Montreal, 1640-1665
Author: Patricia Simpson
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Total Pages: 276
Release: 1997
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780773516410

St Marguerite Bourgeoys (1620-1700), canonized in 1982, is a key figure in Canadian and religious history as a founder of Montreal and of the international order the Congrégation de Notre-Dame de Montréal, one of the first uncloistered religious communiti

Marguerite Bourgeoys and Montreal, 1640-1665

Marguerite Bourgeoys and Montreal, 1640-1665
Author: Patricia Simpson
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Total Pages: 272
Release: 1997-04-15
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0773566570

Born and raised in Troyes, France, in 1653 Marguerite Bourgeoys came as a new recruit to de Maisonneuve's tiny and beleaguered settlement of Ville-Marie, founded in 1642 as a Christian missionary society. These early years in New France marked a special period in her life. Firmly committed to the belief that the world would be a better place if people learned to understand one another, she worked to build a better church and a better society, especially for women and children. Marguerite Bourgeoys's life story teaches us about tolerance and compassion, ideals that are no less important now than three centuries ago.

Marguerite Bourgeoys and Montreal, 1640-1665

Marguerite Bourgeoys and Montreal, 1640-1665
Author: Patricia Simpson
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Total Pages: 273
Release: 1997
Genre: Canada
ISBN: 0773516077

St Marguerite Bourgeoys (1620-1700), canonized in 1982, is a key figure in Canadian and religious history as a founder of Montreal and of the international order the Congrégation de Notre-Dame de Montréal, one of the first uncloistered religious communities of women. Patricia Simpson goes behind the mist of myth and hagiography surrounding Marguerite Bourgeoys to reveal her true character. Marguerite Bourgeoys et Montréal documents her life in France and in the struggling settlement of Ville-Marie - present-day Montreal - placing her life within the larger historical context of the time and highlighting the role of women in society and the church.

Marguerite Bourgeoys and the Congregation of Notre Dame, 1665-1700

Marguerite Bourgeoys and the Congregation of Notre Dame, 1665-1700
Author: Patricia Simpson
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Total Pages: 321
Release: 2005-12-12
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0773573194

Simpson shows that the order faced great resistance from the male church hierarchy despite the fact that the pioneer society depended on the work of the Congregation. The order was particularly important in assuming the guardianship of many filles du roi - young women sent to New France under royal auspices to be married to the men of the colony. Simpson also examines the many difficulties the Congregation faced, which included natural disasters and the dangers faced in trying to reach women and children in settlements throughout New France, as far away as Acadia.

Marguerite Bourgeoys et la Congrégation de Notre Dame, 1665-1670

Marguerite Bourgeoys et la Congrégation de Notre Dame, 1665-1670
Author: Patricia Simpson
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Total Pages: 447
Release: 2007-10-19
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0773584684

Marguerite Bourgeoys (1620-1700) was canonized in 1982. Patricia Simpson goes beyond myth and hagiography to explore Bourgeoys's dream of establishing a radically new religious community of women, recounting her thirty-year struggle to obtain official recognition for the Congrégation of Notre-Dame. Simpson shows that the order faced great resistance from the male Church hierarchy despite the fact that the pioneer society depended on the work of the Congrégation. The order was particularly important in assuming the guardianship of many filles du roi - young women sent to New France under royal auspices to be married to the men of the colony. Simpson also examines the many difficulties the Congrégation faced, which included natural disasters and the dangers involved in trying to reach women and children in settlements throughout New France, as far away as Acadia.

Marguerite Bourgeoys

Marguerite Bourgeoys
Author: Patricia Simpson
Publisher: Editions Fides
Total Pages: 117
Release: 2009-01-01
Genre: Christian saints
ISBN: 9781897092033

A History of Canadian Catholics

A History of Canadian Catholics
Author: Terence J. Fay
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Total Pages: 430
Release: 2002
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780773523142

A history of the first 400 years of Catholic life in Canada.

The Congrégation de Notre-Dame, Superiors, and the Paradox of Power, 1693-1796

The Congrégation de Notre-Dame, Superiors, and the Paradox of Power, 1693-1796
Author: Colleen Gray
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Total Pages: 287
Release: 2014-06-22
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0773574727

Nuns have often been portrayed as nascent feminists wielding an exceptional amount of power. In this formative study of the Congrégation de Notre-Dame - a religious community of uncloistered women established in Montreal in 1657 - Colleen Gray presents a more nuanced view of the foundations and exercise of power within the convent.

Secondary Sources in the History of Canadian Medicine

Secondary Sources in the History of Canadian Medicine
Author: Charles G. Roland
Publisher: Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
Total Pages: 280
Release: 2010-11-22
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0889205388

Volume Two of this retrospective bibliography is both a continuation and an expansion of Volume One (1984). It contains references to Canadian medical-historical literature published between 1984 and 1998, and also includes much additional material published prior to 1984. Finally, it substantially enlarges the content of French-language material. Every effort has been made to be as inclusive as possible of articles, theses, book chapters and books, both in English and in French, relating to the history of medicine. No single electronic source can replace this bibliography. The contents are divided into three sections. The first is a listing of material expressly biographical. Section two lists material under a wide variety of subject headings related to medicine, and the third is a complete listing of the authors who have contributed these articles. Simply organized and easy to use, this bibliography will be of value to historians, archivists, librarians, and anyone interested in the history of medicine.

The Flight of Icarus

The Flight of Icarus
Author:
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Total Pages: 510
Release: 1998-08
Genre: Artisans
ISBN: 0804764123

Exploring autobiographical texts written by European urban craftsmen from the 15th to the 18th centuries, this book studies memoirs, diaries, family chronicles, travel narratives, and other forms of personal writings from Spain, France, Italy, Germany, and England. In the process, it reveals the significance of written self-expression in early modern popular culture.