An edition of Continental ambitions
(2016)
Continental ambitions
Roman Catholics in North America : the Colonial experience
by Kevin Starr
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This book details three Roman Catholic civilizations--Spain, France, and Recusant England--as they explored, evangelized, and settled the North American continent.
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Continental ambitions: Roman Catholics in North America : the Colonial experience
2016, Ignatius Press
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162164118X 9781621641186
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Table of Contents
Prologue: Garðar 1126: Bishop Eric Gnupson arrives in Greenland as Scandinavians advance Christianity across the North Atlantic
Pt. 1. Las Floridas. Santo Domingo 1511: Resistance grows against the genocide and enslavement of indigenous peoples
Quivira 1527: Dreams of empire mingle with evangelical ambition
Saint Augustine 1565: Evangelization falters amid violence, slavery, and revolt
Apalachee 1595: Friars and soldiers hold the Florida frontier
Pt. 2. The Spanish Borderlands. Ácoma 1599: New Mexico, anchor kingdom of the Borderlands, begins with a massacre
San Fernando de Béxar 1718: Texas is organized as a buffer province
Loreto 1767: The Society of Jesus gains and loses its Pacific domain
Pt. 3. Las Californias. San Blas 1768: New Spain launches an entrada into Alta California
The Bay of San Francisco 1776: New Spain secures a strategic harbor on the Pacific coast
Santa Barbara 1842: Secularization brings a bishop to the Californias
Pt. 4. New France. Port-Royal 1606: Humanism inspires the foundation of New France
Quebec 1615: The Counter-Reformation and Catholic Revival take hold in New France
Ville-Marie (Montreal) 1642: Dévots found a city on the far frontier
Saint-Ignace 1649: Iroquois destroy Huronia and threaten the survival of New France
The Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés 1658: The secret consecration of a vicar apostolic for Quebec brings Roman Catholicism to new maturity
New Orleans 1722: A Jesuit savant reconnoiters French North America
Natchez 1729: The MIssissippi valley and Louisiana are explored and evangelized
Pt. 5. British North America. The River Boyne 1869: A king and a peer lose their colonies
Annapolis 1704: Catholic settlement spreads through the Chesapeake region
London 1763: Catholic Maryland seeks education abroad while Philadelphia prefigures an American Catholic future
Envoy: John Carroll returns to Maryland.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 567-605) and index.
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