French Missionaries in Acadia/Nova Scotia, 1654-1755: On a Risky Edge (Christianities in the Trans-Atlantic World)

Acknowledgements
Contents
Abbreviations
List of Tables
Chapter 1: Introduction
	1.1 A Notes on Sources
Chapter 2: The State of the Missionary Church in Acadia in the Years 1654–1669
	2.1 The End of the Capuchins’ Experience
	2.2 The Jesuits’ Experience at Gaspé (1659–1662)
	2.3 The Transition Years (1662–1669)
Chapter 3: The Last Years of Preaching, 1670–1690
	3.1 The Recollets’ Return to New France
	3.2 The Beginning of the Recollet Experience at Gaspé (1672–1675)
	3.3 Le Clercq and the Mi’kmaq: The Earliest Contact (1675–1677)
	3.4 The Second Period of Le Clercq at Gaspé (1677–1679)
	3.5 The Spread of the Recollets’ Apostolate (1677–1685)
Chapter 4: The Rise of Tension, 1690–1710
	4.1 The Beginning of The Storm
	4.2 The Last Years Before the Conquest of Port-Royal (1700–1710)
Chapter 5: A Difficult Cohabitation. The French Missionaries and the British Conquest of Acadia/Nova Scotia
	5.1 The Conquest of Port-Royal and the Rise of a New Order
	5.2 From the Treaty of Utrecht to Île Royale (1713–1714)
	5.3 A Complex Period (1714–1718)
	5.4 From Louisbourg to Norridgewock (1718–1720)
Chapter 6: Coping with the Impossible: The French Missionaries and the Anglo/French Conflict over Acadia/Nova Scotia
	6.1 The Rise of Tension (1720–1725)
	6.2 The Troubled Activity of the Recollets from 1724 Until 1729
	6.3 A Period of Transition (1729–1735)
Chapter 7: The End of an Era
	7.1 The Last Years of the Recollets at Louisbourg
	7.2 A Political Missionary Activity (1745–1749)
	7.3 The Last Years Before the Acadian Deportation (1749–1753)
Chapter 8: Conclusion
Appendix 1: List of Missionaries Active in Acadia/Nova Scotia from 1654 till 1768
Appendix 2: Map Showing the Approximate Locations of the Missions
Bibliography
	Archival Sources
	Canada
	France
	Vatican City
	Printed Primary Sources
	Guides and Finding Aids
	Secondary Sources
	Secondary Sources: Theses
Index