Marguerite Bourgeoys and Montreal, 1640-1665

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McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP, 1997 - Biography & Autobiography - 247 pages
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.
 

Contents

Introduction
3
1 Beginnings 16201640
12
2 Searching for the Way 16401653
34
Origins to 1653
66
4 The Fort and the Stable 16531658
99
5 Towards a Community 16581659
130
6 Planting the Seed 16591665
153
Notes
187
Bibliography
227
Index
239
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Patricia Simpson is coordinator of research services at the Marguerite Bourgeoys Museum in Old Montreal, the author of Marguerite Bourgeoys and Montreal, 1640-1665, and co-author of Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours: A Chapel and Its Neighbourhood.