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Reflections on BNA, part 5: The Laws of France and New France
In all these articles, I still haven’t discussed in any real depth the laws that sent all those homosexuals and bisexuals to the stake or gallows, or into exile. Before we go any further, we’re going … more →
The Drummer's Revenge
Saint of the Week: St. Jean de Brebeuf
mjjhoskin wrote 1 month ago: First: Apologies for last week being saintless. St. Jean de Brebeuf (1593-1649) was a Jesuit mission … more →
Samuel de Champlain Monument in Orillia
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erikatakacs wrote 1 month ago: This beautiful bronze monument by British sculptor Vernon March is in Orillia, on the shores of Lake … more →
Antoinette Lefebvre, a Daughter of the King
cwall34 wrote 3 months ago: The Filles du Roi arriving in New France Antoinette Lefevre, born about 1653 , was my moth … more →
Notes on 13th Text for Reading Field: Miquelon
hallnjean wrote 4 months ago: Canadian History, Week Two Dale Miquelon. Society and Conquest: The Debate on the Bourgeoisie and So … more →
Resolving Canada's National Question
redcontinent wrote 4 months ago: by Rick Gunderman What a strange experiment Canada would appear to be from the start. Colonization o … more →
The origins of the French and Indian War
uncudh wrote 8 months ago: Fred Anderson, in Crucible of War, summarizes the causes of the French and Indian War as follows: In … more →
The decline of Iroquois influence
uncudh wrote 8 months ago: We have seen previously that the initial phase of the Iroquois Wars (1640’s to 60’s) was … more →
New Cheese from Old Cows
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kmacd wrote 9 months ago: Le 1608, Laiterie Charlevoix, 79.99/kg. The second cheese from Sunday’s binge (OMG – is … more →
Learning from history
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Robert G. Longpré wrote 9 months ago: It’s not often that I find something worth commenting about in the National Post, but today, K … more →
Motivations for Iroquois warfare
uncudh wrote 12 months ago: Hunt, in his 1940 book, The Wars of the Iroquois: A Study in Intertribal Trade Relations, described … more →
Allies and enemies
uncudh wrote 1 year ago: Champlain’s new settlement was founded in the summer of 1608 at “Kebec” or the … more →
The Ile-Ste-Croix settlement
uncudh wrote 1 year ago: The French made several attempts throughout the 1500’s to establish colonies in North America. … more →
The Tabagie at Tadoussac
uncudh wrote 1 year ago: Samuel de Champlain made his first voyage to Canada in 1603 as part of an expedition led by Pont-Gra … more →
The Great Peace of Montreal
uncudh wrote 1 year ago: The French and Iroquois wars of the 1600’s came to an end in 1701 with the Great Peace of Mont … more →
The Iroquois Wars cont'd
uncudh wrote 1 year ago: The war between the Iroquois and the French began in the early 1640’s with Iroquois raids agai … more →
The Iroquois Wars
uncudh wrote 1 year ago: I am currently reading The Ambiguous Iroquois Empire by Francis Jennings. One of the theses he puts … more →
Why did the American Revolution occur and were the rebels justified in revoluting
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mcuba wrote 1 year ago: All events in the history of humanity are the consequence of hundreds of other events, which accumul … more →
Marie Rollet (1580-1649)
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roguelibrarian wrote 1 year ago: Life in France Marie Rollet was born in 1580 in Paris. Little is known about her parents, including … more →
Louis Hébert (1575-1627)
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roguelibrarian wrote 1 year ago: Early Life Louis Hébert was born around 1575 at 129 Saint-Honoré Street in Paris to Nicolas Hébert a … more →
