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"VERY ADVANTAGEOUS BEGINNINGS": JESUIT CONVERSION, SECULAR INTERESTS, AND THE LEGACY OF PORT ROYAL, 1608-1620 "Very Advantageous Beginnings": Jesuit Conversion, Secular Interests, and the Legacy of Port Royal, 1608-1620
| Title: | "VERY ADVANTAGEOUS BEGINNINGS": JESUIT CONVERSION, SECULAR INTERESTS, AND THE LEGACY OF PORT ROYAL, 1608-1620 "Very Advantageous Beginnings": Jesuit Conversion, Secular Interests, and the Legacy of Port Royal, 1608-1620 |
| Author: | Wachtel, Joseph Robert |
| Description: | This thesis examines the evolution of Father Pierre Biard's Jesuit missionary ideals and the legacy of his experience. Biard's encounter with native people demonstrated that the Jesuits had to adequately catechize the Indians before baptism. This required them to understand the Indians, their customs, and their languages. His desire to engage with Indians marked a break in traditional patterns of interpretation, despite the conventional discursive understanding Biard brought with him from France. Furthermore, his tense relationship with secular interests at Port Royal degenerated into a war of accusations about Biard's involvement in the 1613 destruction of the colony. In defending himself from these allegations, Biard publically verbalized his clear recommendations for how future Jesuits should run their missions. Both his interactions with Indians and his relationship with traders helped him define a unique missionary strategy that left a lasting legacy for future Jesuit missionaries. |
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http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1218739101
http://hdl.handle.net/2374.OX/108453 |
| Date: | 2008 |
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