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Author Anderson, Karen L., 1948- author.

Title Chain her by one foot : the subjugation of native women in seventeenth-century New France / Karen Anderson
Published Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2016

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Contents Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; 1 'PROUD, DISOBEDIENT AND ILL-TEMPERED'; 2 'THE BLOOD OF MARTYRS IS THE SEED OF CHRISTIANS'; 3 'THAT THEY MAY ALSO ACQUIRE A FRENCH HEART AND SPIRIT'; 4 'THE MALE IS MORE FITTED TO RULE THAN THE FEMALE'; 5 'THIS LITTLE FURY OF HELL'; 6 'WOMEN SUSTAIN THE FAMILIES'; 7 'AMONG THESE TRIBES ARE FOUND POWERFUL WOMEN OF EXTRAORDINARY STATURE'; 8 'DEATH OVER A SLOW FIRE'; 9 'CHAIN HER BY ONE FOOT'; 10 CONCLUSIONS; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Notes Originally published: London : Routledge, 1991
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 236-241) and index
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Subject Jesuits -- Missions -- New France -- History -- 17th century
SUBJECT Jesuits fast
Subject Wyandot women.
Montagnais women.
Marriage -- New France -- History -- 17th century
Sex role -- New France -- History -- 17th century
Wyandot Indians -- Missions.
Montagnais Indians -- Missions.
Catholic converts -- New France -- History -- 17th century
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies.
Catholic converts
Marriage
Missions
Montagnais Indians -- Missions
Montagnais women
Sex role
Wyandot Indians -- Missions
Wyandot women
North America -- New France
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781135214043
1135214042