قراءة كتاب A Canadian Manor and Its Seigneurs: The Story of a Hundred Years, 1761-1861
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A Canadian Manor and Its Seigneurs: The Story of a Hundred Years, 1761-1861
cottage.—His labours.—His amusements.—The Church's missionary work in the Village.—The powers of the bishop.—His visitations.—The organization of the Parish.—The powers of the fabrique.—Lay control of Church finance.—The curés' tithe.—The best intellects enter the Church.—A native Canadian clergy.—The curé's social life.—The Church and Temperance Reform.—The diligence of the curés.—The habitant's taste for the supernatural.—The belief in goblins.—Prayer in the family.—The habitant as voter.—The office of Churchwarden.—The Church's influence in elections.—The seigneur's position.—The habitant's obligations to him.—Rent day and New Year's Day.—The seigneur's social rank.—The growth of discontent in the villages.—The evils of Seigniorial Tenure.—Agitation against the system.—Its abolition in 1854.—The last of the Nairnes.—The Nairne tomb in Quebec.
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
Colonel John Nairne (From the Oil Painting in the Manor House at Murray Bay.) |
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Cap à l'Aigle From the West Shore of Murray Bay (From the Water Colour by the late L.R. O'Brien, in the possession of the Hon. Edward Blake, K.C.) |
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View Across Murray Bay From the Cap à l'Aigle Shore (From an Oil Painting by E. Wyly Grier, in the possession of the Hon. Edward Blake.) |
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General James Murray (From an Oil Painting preserved in the General's Family.) |
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The Manor House at Murray Bay (From amateur photographs.) |
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View from Pointe au Pic up Murray Bay (From a Water Colour by the late L.R. O'Brien in the possession of the Hon. Edward Blake.) |