Chronicles of Canada The seigneurs of old Canada : a chronicle of new world feudalism

Type

Book

Authors

Munro, William Bennett

Tags

Canada, Land tenure, Feudalism, Quebec

Series Name

Chronicles of Canada

Abstract

"What would history be without the picturesque annals of the Gallic race? This is a question which the serious student may well ask himself as he works his way through the chronicles of a dozen centuries. From the age of Charlemagne to the last of the Bonapartes is a long stride down the ages; but there was never a time in all these years when men might make reckonings in the arithmetic..." - Chapter 1

Description

Contents:
An outpost of empire
Gentlemen of the wilderness
Three seigneurs of old Canada
Seigneur and habitant
How the habitant lived
Ad Majorem dei Gloriam
The twilight of feudalism
Bibliographical note
Index

Biblio Notes

"Bibliographical note": pages 151-152.

Chronicles of Canada
Part I. The first European visitors: volumes 1-2
Part II. The rise of New France: volumes 3-7
Part III. The English invasion: volumes 9-11
Part IV. The beginnings of British Canada: volume 12-14
Part V. The red man in Canada: volumes 15-17
Part VI. Pioneers of the North and West: volumes 18-23
Part VII. The struggle for political freedom: volume 24-27
Part VIII. The growth of nationality: volumes 28-30
Part IX. National highways: volumes 31-32

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