The Unwritten Rules of History
Cowgirl standing and holding horse’s reigns. September 1962. Rosemary Gilliat Easton. Credit: Rosemary Gilliat Eaton / Library and Archives Canada
Copyright: Copyright has been assigned to Library and Archives Canada by the copyright holder, the Estate of Rosemary Gilliat
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Welcome back to our monthly series, “Upcoming Publications in Canadian History,” where I’ve compiled information on all the upcoming releases for the following month in the field of Canadian history from every Canadian academic press, all in one place. This includes releases in both English and French. To see the releases from last month, click here.
***Please note that the cover images and book blurbs are used with permission from the publishers.***
N.B. This list only includes new releases, not rereleases in different formats.
Cardinal Richelieu in Henri Motte’s “Siege of La Rochelle,” 1881
Note from Stephanie: Hello everyone and welcome to the third and last of our 3-part series, based on a panel presentation given this past spring at the Canadian Historical Association annual conference in Regina, SK! You can read the first paper of the series here, and the second part here. Today’s essay is mine! It feels strange introducing my own essay, so without further ado, please enjoy this short analysis of how the digital humanities helps break away from traditional historiographies and shed light on clandestine communities of New France.
Note from Andrea: Stephanie is too modest! I’m super pleased to have the chance to share some of her great work with you! Enjoy!
French Canadian history has always been locked in a struggle to define its history and separate it from its nationalism. Even when discussing the origins of French settlers in New France, Leslie Choquette had to contend with a nationalist mythology which contradicted her own work:
“Yet for right-wing Frenchmen writing in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, French Canadians (or those who resisted the gathering exodus to New England, at any rate) embodied the classical values of a less decadent age: travail, famille, patrie, and, last but not least, the Catholic Church. Such writers, in their zeal to reclaim Québec’s virtuous habitants for la France profonde, insisted on the rural and Catholic provenance of the French-Canadian ancestors.[1]”
The history of Huguenots[2] is long and complicated – too complicated to discuss here in any depth. For a long time, many people believed that there were no Huguenots in New France, a viewpoint that is still held by some. This attitude in due in large part to the French government’s active hostility against Huguenots as well as their refusal to allow anyone not of the Catholic faith to settle in New France. While Huguenots were guaranteed certain rights by the Edict of Nantes (1598), by the 1620s, religious civil war broke out again, creating not only bad feeling but also a wave of war refugees. However, research by scholars such as, Marc André Bédard, J.F. Bosher, and Leslie Choquette, has shown that there were small communities of Huguenots scattered across the French colonies of the New World. [3]
Mae Akpayu (Arpajuk) Annanck, left, and Susie Etok Morgan, right] cleaning char outside at George River, Quebec. Between July 16 and August 9, 1960. Credit: Rosemary Gilliat Eaton / Library and Archives Canada / e010835788 ; Restrictions on use: Nil.
The latest in blog posts, news, and podcasts from the world of Canadian history.
Welcome back to our monthly series, “Upcoming Publications in Canadian History,” where I’ve compiled information on all the upcoming releases for the following month in the field of Canadian history from every Canadian academic press, all in one place. This includes releases in both English and French. To see the releases from last month, click here.
***Please note that the cover images and book blurbs are used with permission from the publishers.***
N.B. This list only includes new releases, not rereleases in different formats.
Welcome back to our monthly series, “Upcoming Publications in Canadian History,” where I’ve compiled information on all the upcoming releases for the following month in the field of Canadian history from every Canadian academic press, all in one place. This includes releases in both English and French. To see the releases from last month, click here.
EDITOR’S NOTE: We’re a bit late with the June edition, largely due to the month of May being such a busy month with the CHA Reads series followed immediately by both Andrea and I attending CHA & Congress in Regina. I’ve made it up to you by searching the internet for anything I could have possibly missed in the first quarter of 2018, and will even publish a 2nd “Upcoming Publications” post in a few weeks for July! That’s two in one month!
***Please note that the cover images and book blurbs are used with permission from the publishers.***
N.B. This list only includes new releases, not rereleases in different formats.
Woman with her child and husky pups, Killiniq, Nunavut. July 24-August 9, 1960. Rosemary Gilliat Eaton / Library and Archives Canada / e010835964 ; Restrictions on use: Nil
The latest in blog posts, news, and podcasts from the world of Canadian history.
Are you ready for a mega-roundup? We’ve divided this roundup into weeks, each with its own section.
Because, let’s face it – who has time to catch up on all the journal articles published in Canadian history?
Welcome back to the Best New Articles series, where each month, I post a list of my favourite new articles! Don’t forget to also check out my favourites from previous months, which you can access by clicking here.
This month I read articles from:
“Making Maple Sugar, Lower Canada ca. 1837” Phillip John Bainbridge, LAC 2834638
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Unidentified Girl, Buffalo Narrows, Saskatchewan. Rosemary Gilliat Eaton. March 1955. Library and Archives Canada, e010975246. CC BY 2.0.
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