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Religion in Life at Louisbourg, 1713-1758

By: Andrew John Bayly Johnston

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Religion in Life at Louisbourg, 1713-1758

By: Andrew John Bayly Johnston

Three [Catholic] religious groups served the French stronghold of Louisbourg during the eighteenth century. They were the Récollets of Brittany, who acted as parish priests and chaplains; the Brothers of Charity of Saint John of God, who operated the King's Hospital; and the Sisters of the Congregation of Notre-Dame, who conducted the local school for girls. [The author] establishes the secular and religious contexts of life in Louisbourg, and then traces the mixed fortunes of each of these groups.".

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McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP

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0773504273

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9780773504271

Louisbourg

The Phoenix Fortress

By: Chris Reardon,A. J. B. Johnston

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Louisbourg

The Phoenix Fortress

By: Chris Reardon,A. J. B. Johnston

A wonderful photographic look at the fortress accompanied by text that illuminates its history.

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Halifax, N.S. : Nimbus

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0921054351

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9780921054351

Endgame 1758

The Promise, the Glory, and the Despair of Louisbourg's Last Decade

By: A. J. B. Johnston

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Endgame 1758

The Promise, the Glory, and the Despair of Louisbourg's Last Decade

By: A. J. B. Johnston

The story of what happened at the colonial fortified town of Louisbourg between 1749 and 1758 is one of the great dramas of the history of Canada, indeed North America. The French stronghold on Cape Breton Island, strategically situated near the entrance to the Gulf of St. Lawrence, was from soon after its founding a major possession in the quest for empire. The dramatic military and social history of this short-lived and significant fortress, seaport, and community, and the citizens who made it their home, are woven together in A. J. B. Johnston's gripping biography of the colony's final decade, presented from both French and British perspectives. Endgame 1758 is a tale of two empires in collision on the shores of mid-eighteenth-century Atlantic Canada, where rival European visions of predominance clashed headlong with each other and with the region's Aboriginal peoples. The magnitude of the struggle and of its uncertain outcome colored the lives of Louisbourg's inhabitants and the nearly thirty thousand combatants arrayed against it. The entire history comes to life in a tale of what turned out to be the first major British victory in the Seven Years' War. How and why the French colony ended the way it did, not just in June and July 1758, but over the decade that preceded the siege, is a little-known and compelling story.

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1897009208

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9781897009208

Louisbourg

An 18th-century Town

By: Andrew John Bayly Johnston

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Louisbourg

An 18th-century Town

By: Andrew John Bayly Johnston

Louisbourg: An 18th-Century Town is an in-depth look at what was once a well-known settlement in the New World. As a seaport, Louisbourg possessed one of the busiest harbours in North America. As a fortress, it generated hope in French hearts and fear in British ones. As a community, it was home to thousands of men, women, and children: fishermen and soldiers, merchants and artisans, servants and seamstresses. Voltaire called the colony “the key” to French possessions in North America. Benjamin Franklin described it as a “tough nut to crack.” In the end, British prime minister William Pitt insisted that it be destroyed. Pitt got his wish, yet 200 years later, 18th-century Louisbourg rose again, this time as one of the world’s great outdoor museums. This well-crafted book, written by historians of the Fortress of Louisbourg National Historic Site and teachers of the Cape Breton District School Board, is an entertaining and informative portrait of this 18th-century town. Its well-illustrated pages provide young readers with material on everything from astronomy and gardening to fashions and siege warfare. It offers a rare opportunity to savour what life was really like in a French military town on Cape Breton Island two centuries ago.

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Halifax, N.S. : Nimbus

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0921054882

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9780921054887

Religion in Life at Louisbourg, 1713-1758

By: Andrew John Bayly Johnston

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Life and Religion at Louisbourg, 1713-1758

By: A. Johnston

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Life and Religion at Louisbourg, 1713-1758

By: A. Johnston

A.J.B. Johnston establishes the secular and religious contexts of life at Louisbourg and traces the mixed fortunes of three religious groups: the Récollets of Brittany, who acted as parish priests and chaplains; the Brothers of Charity of Saint John of God, who operated the King's Hospital; and the Sisters of the Congregation of Notre-Dame, who ran the local school for girls. Drawing on the extensive material in the Archives of the Fortress of Louisbourg, Johnston notes the groups' remarkable persistence in the face of personnel shortages, financial burdens, and conflicts with secular authorities and rival religious bodies. Not the least of their problems was the profound parsimony of the Louisbourgeois who declined to build a parish church or pay a compulsory tithe. Yet despite this independent stance, the author demonstrates, religion was at the centre of family and community life. Life and Religion at Louisbourg contributes substantially to the social as well as the religious history of New France.

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0773566384

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9780773566385

Control and Order in French Colonial Louisbourg, 1713-1758

By: Andrew John Bayly Johnston

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Control and Order in French Colonial Louisbourg, 1713-1758

By: Andrew John Bayly Johnston

Control and Order in French Colonial Louisbourg, 1713-1758 is the culmination of nearly a quarter century of research and writing on 18th-century Louisbourg. The author uses a multitude of primary archival sources to put together a detailed analysis of a distinctive colonial society.

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East Lansing : Michigan State University Press

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0870135716

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