This ends Volume IV: The Old Regime in Canada, of the series of books on France in North America by Francis Parkman.Our special project
Contemporary Views of French Canada
The existence of slavery in Canada dates from the end of the seventeenth century.Our special project presenting the definitive account of France
Conditions in French Quebec
The principal reason of the poverty of this country is the idleness and bad conduct of most of the people.Our special project presenting the
Outlaws of French Canada
Montreal, a frontier town at the head of the colony, was the natural resort of desperadoes, contrasting with the priests.Our special project
Parkman Vol. 4, Chapter 20
The intellectual progress of The Enlightenment and the Revolutions passed French Canada by.Our special project presenting the definitive account
The Nuns of French Canada
If there are no Canadians canonized by the Catholic Church, it is not due to the exceptional spirituality of some but the remoteness of the region to
Excessive Zeal
I cannot think of this tyranny without cursing the indiscreet zeal of the curé of this town.Our special project presenting the definitive
The Priests of Canada
The patient toils of the missionary curé rest in the obscurity where the best of human virtues are buried from age to age.Our special project
Parkman Vol 4, Chapter 19
Conflicts between church and state in French Canada were in a peculiar way.Our special project presenting the definitive account of France in