Jesuit Relations

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Jesuit Relations is a collection of 17th-century reports and letters written by Jesuit missionaries in New France that document their evangelizing efforts and detailed observations of Indigenous peoples and the North American environment.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Jesuit missionary writing
historical document collection
missionary report
primary source
author Jesuit missionaries in New France
Society of Jesus
countryOfOrigin France
describes Algonquin peoples
linked to: Algonquin people

Huron-Wendat
linked to: Wyandot

Indigenous languages
Indigenous peoples of North America
Indigenous religions
Indigenous social structures
Innu (Montagnais)
linked to: Innu peoples

Iroquois
linked to: Haudenosaunee

Mi'kmaq
linked to: Mi’kmaq

North American fauna
North American flora
climate of New France
geography of New France
digitizedBy Internet Archive
Library and Archives Canada
editorOfEnglishEdition Reuben Gold Thwaites
endTime 1673
hasEnglishTranslation The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents
linked to: Jesuit Relations
hasPart annual reports from Jesuit superiors
conversion narratives
ethnographic descriptions
letters from missionaries
travel narratives
historicalSignificance major source for Indigenous ethnography
major source for early Canadian history
major source for environmental history of North America
intendedAudience French Catholic public
potential patrons and benefactors
language French
Latin
mainSubject Catholic evangelization in New France
Jesuit missions among Indigenous peoples
linked to: Jesuit missions

colonial encounters in North America
numberOfVolumesInThwaitesEdition 73
placeDocumented Acadia
Canada
Great Lakes region
Hudson Bay region
New France
St. Lawrence Valley
publicationPlace Paris
publisher Cramoisy printing house
Société de Jésus
linked to: Society of Jesus
purpose to document missionary activities
to encourage support for missions
to report on the progress of Christianization
startTime 1632
timePeriod 17th century
usedBy anthropologists
environmental historians
historians of colonial North America
linguists

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Jesuits in New France notableWork Jesuit Relations
Jean de Brébeuf subjectOf Jesuit Relations
Giuseppe Bressani notableWork Breve relatione d’alcune missioni de’ PP. della Compagnia di Giesù nella Nuova Francia
subject linked to: Father Giuseppe Bressani
linked to: Jesuit Relations
Giuseppe Bressani participantIn Jesuit missions in North America
subject linked to: Father Giuseppe Bressani
linked to: Jesuit Relations
Neutral Nation documentedBy Jesuit Relations
Mascouten documentedBy Jesuit Relations
subject linked to: Mascouten Indigenous peoples
Jesuit Relations hasEnglishTranslation The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents
linked to: Jesuit Relations
Paul Le Jeune knownFor Jesuit Relations
Pierre Biard notableWork Jesuit Relations
Giuseppe Bressani notableWork Jesuit Relations (contributions)
subject linked to: Bressani
linked to: Jesuit Relations
St. René Goupil missionRegion Huron missions
linked to: Jesuit Relations
Michigamea tribe documentedIn Jesuit Relations