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Crosses in the sky : Jean de Brébeuf and the destruction of Huronia

Crosses in the sky : Jean de Brébeuf and the destruction of Huronia

Book 2024

"This is the story of the collision of two worlds. In the early 1600s, the Jesuits -- the Catholic Church's most ferocious warriors for Christ -- tried to create their own nation on the Great Lakes and turn the Huron (Wendat) Confederacy into a model Jesuit state. At the centre of their campaign was missionary Jean de Brébeuf, a mystic who sought to die a martyr's death. He lived among a proud people who valued kindness and rights for all, espec...