The Myth of the Savage and the Beginnings of French Colonialism in the AmericasA classic study of early contact between European explorers and North American natives. When the two cultures met in the fifteenth century, it meant great upheavals for the Amerindians, but strengthened the Europeans' move toward nation-states and capitalism. |
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Page xi
... public executions of selected victims were ritually practised . So was public torture . Europeans regarded it as a necessary practice for the administration of justice , using fear to inspire respect for state authority , in the belief ...
... public executions of selected victims were ritually practised . So was public torture . Europeans regarded it as a necessary practice for the administration of justice , using fear to inspire respect for state authority , in the belief ...
Page 194
... Public Archives Canada . 18 . with Spain as he was by religious concerns in his second attempt to establish a New France overseas . He selected Florida at least partly because the Spaniards had managed to antagonize the Amerindians to ...
... Public Archives Canada . 18 . with Spain as he was by religious concerns in his second attempt to establish a New France overseas . He selected Florida at least partly because the Spaniards had managed to antagonize the Amerindians to ...
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... Public executions were at times daily occurrences and could hardly have been avoided by visiting Amerindians . In fact , the year after Cartier's Iroquois arrived , 1535 , was that in which the practice of public burnings , tortures ...
... Public executions were at times daily occurrences and could hardly have been avoided by visiting Amerindians . In fact , the year after Cartier's Iroquois arrived , 1535 , was that in which the practice of public burnings , tortures ...
Contents
PARTI American Discoveries and European Images | 1 |
Early Contacts of Amerindians and Frenchmen | 87 |
Amerindians in Europe | 203 |
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