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Marguerite Bourgeoys and Montreal, 1640-1665
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ISBN: 128285447X 9786612854477 0773566570 9780773566576 0773516077 9780773516076 0773516417 9780773516410 6612854472 Year: 1997 Publisher: Montréal, Qué. McGill-Queen's University Press

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St Marguerite Bourgeoys (1620-1700), canonized in 1982, is a key figure in Canadian and religious history as founder of the first school in Montreal and the Congregation de Notre-Dame de Montreal, one of the first uncloistered religious communities of women. In this biography Patricia Simpson goes behind the mist of myth and hagiography surrounding Marguerite Bourgeoys to reveal her true character. Marguerite Bourgeoys and Montreal documents her life in France and in the struggling settlement of Ville-Marie (present-day Montreal) in New France, 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
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ISBN: 1282863800 9786612863806 0773573194 9780773573192 0773529705 9780773529700 9781282863804 6612863803 Year: 2005 Publisher: Montréal Ithaca McGill-Queen's University Press

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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.

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