The rhetoric of martyrdom in the Jesuit relations of New France, 1632-1650

<p>This thesis identifies in the <em>Relations des Jésuites de la Nouvelle-France</em> (<em>Relations</em>), written between 1632 and 1650, a comprehensive rhetoric of total selfoffering to Jesus Christ, a <em>rhetoric of martyrdom</em>, rooted in their au...

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Main Author: Knox, M
Other Authors: Davidson, N
Format: Thesis
Published: 2015