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The Death and Afterlife of the North American Martyrs The Death and Afterlife of the North American Martyrs (cid:2)(cid:3) E A MMA NDERSON HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS Cambridge, Massachusetts London, Eng land 2013 Copyright © 2013 by Emma Anderson All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America Library of Congress Cataloging- in- Publication Data Anderson, Emma, 1970– The death and afterlife of the North American martyrs / Emma Anderson. pages cm Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978- 0-6 74- 05118-8 (alk. paper) 1. Jesuits—North America. 2. Jesuits—M issions. 3. Christian martyrs— North America. I. T itle. BX3707.A53 2013 272'.909713—dc23 2013009723 To my holy trinity— Mark, Sophie, and Danny My three wise men— Simon, Peter, and John And in loving memory of Mimi Bonnefoi Contents Prologue 1 1. A Spectacle for Men and Angels 14 2. The Blood of Martyrs Is the Seed of Christians 54 3. Souvenirs des Jésuites 98 4. For Canada and for God 165 5. Bones of Contention 214 6. The Naked and the Dead 255 7. Pilgrims’ Progress 309 Epilogue 359 Notes 379 Ac know ledgm ents 443 Index 447 The Death and Afterlife of the North American Martyrs

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In the 1640s--a decade of epidemic and warfare across colonial North America--eight Jesuit missionaries met their deaths at the hands of native antagonists. With their collective canonization in 1930, these men, known to the devout as the North American martyrs, would become the continent's first of

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The Death and Afterlife of the North American Martyrs The Death and Afterlife of the North American Martyrs (cid:2)(cid:3) E A MMA NDERSON HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS Cambridge, Massachusetts London, Eng land 2013 Copyright © 2013 by Emma Anderson All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America Library of Congress Cataloging- in- Publication Data Anderson, Emma, 1970– The death and afterlife of the North American martyrs / Emma Anderson. pages cm Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978- 0-6 74- 05118-8 (alk. paper) 1. Jesuits—North America. 2. Jesuits—M issions. 3. Christian martyrs— North America. I. T itle. BX3707.A53 2013 272'.909713—dc23 2013009723 To my holy trinity— Mark, Sophie, and Danny My three wise men— Simon, Peter, and John And in loving memory of Mimi Bonnefoi Contents Prologue 1 1. A Spectacle for Men and Angels 14 2. The Blood of Martyrs Is the Seed of Christians 54 3. Souvenirs des Jésuites 98 4. For Canada and for God 165 5. Bones of Contention 214 6. The Naked and the Dead 255 7. Pilgrims’ Progress 309 Epilogue 359 Notes 379 Ac know ledgm ents 443 Index 447 The Death and Afterlife of the North American Martyrs

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In the 1640s--a decade of epidemic and warfare across colonial North America--eight Jesuit missionaries met their deaths at the hands of native antagonists. With their collective canonization in 1930, these men, known to the devout as the North American martyrs, would become the continent's first of

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