French Missionaries in Acadia/Nova Scotia, 1654-1755

Matteo Binasco is Adjunct Professor at the Foreigners’ University of Siena, Italy. He is also principal investigator in the project ‘I+D+I en el marco del Programa Operativo FEDER Andalucía 2014-2020’ at the Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Seville. His previous monograph with Palgrave Macmillan, Making, Breaking and Remaking the Irish Missionary Network: Ireland, Rome and the West Indies in the Seventeenth Century, was published in 2020.

• 1. Introduction.- 2. A Distant Land: The State of the Missionary Church in Acadia/Nova Scotia in the Second Half of the Seventeenth Century.- 3. The Last Years of Preaching.- 4. The Rise of Tension.- 5. A Difficult Cohabitation: The French Missionaries and the British Conquest of Acadia/Nova Scotia.- 6. Coping with the Impossible: The French Missionaries and the Anglo/French Conflict over Acadia/Nova Scotia.- 7. The End of an Era.- 8. Conclusion.

“Matteo Binasco’s French Missionaries in Acadia/Nova Scotia, 1654–1755: On a Risky Edge is a much-needed, comprehensive, English-language overview of French missionary endeavour … . The book also offers a detailed account of the heated interplay between the Recollets, the Diocese of Quebec, and other religious congregations … . Each chapter is supported by hundreds of endnotes, which is a testimony to the historical master detective at work here.” (Mark G. McGowan, Church History, Vol. 92 (3), September, 2023)