Jesuit Relations

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Jesuit missionary writing historical document collection missionary report primary source

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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Breve relatione d’alcune missioni de’ PP. della Compagnia di Giesù nella Nuova Francia 1
Jesuit missions in North America 1

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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historical document collection ⓘ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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin France ⓘ
describes Algonquin peoples NERFINISHED ⓘ
Huron-Wendat NERFINISHED ⓘ
Indigenous languages ⓘ
Indigenous peoples of North America NERFINISHED ⓘ
Indigenous religions ⓘ
Indigenous social structures ⓘ
Innu (Montagnais) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Iroquois NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mi'kmaq NERFINISHED ⓘ
North American fauna ⓘ
North American flora ⓘ
climate of New France ⓘ
geography of New France ⓘ
digitizedBy Internet Archive NERFINISHED ⓘ
Library and Archives Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
editorOfEnglishEdition Reuben Gold Thwaites NERFINISHED ⓘ
endTime 1673 ⓘ
hasEnglishTranslation The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainSubject Catholic evangelization in New France ⓘ
Jesuit missions among Indigenous peoples NERFINISHED ⓘ
colonial encounters in North America ⓘ
numberOfVolumesInThwaitesEdition 73 ⓘ
placeDocumented Acadia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
Great Lakes region NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hudson Bay region NERFINISHED ⓘ
New France NERFINISHED ⓘ
St. Lawrence Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ
publicationPlace Paris NERFINISHED ⓘ
publisher Cramoisy printing house NERFINISHED ⓘ
Société de Jésus NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Jesuits in New France → notableWork → Jesuit Relations ⓘ
Jean de Brébeuf → subjectOf → Jesuit Relations ⓘ
Father Giuseppe Bressani → notableWork → Jesuit Relations ⓘ
subject surface form: Giuseppe Bressani
this entity surface form: Breve relatione d’alcune missioni de’ PP. della Compagnia di Giesù nella Nuova Francia
Father Giuseppe Bressani → participantIn → Jesuit Relations ⓘ
subject surface form: Giuseppe Bressani
this entity surface form: Jesuit missions in North America
Neutral Nation → documentedBy → Jesuit Relations ⓘ
Mascouten Indigenous peoples → documentedBy → Jesuit Relations ⓘ
subject surface form: Mascouten