The Chevalier de Montmagny: First Governor of New France

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List of tables ix List of maps xi List of illustrations viii Acknowledgements xv Introduction xvii List of abbreviations used in the tables xxiii List of abbreviations used for the notes xxv Chapter 1.The Ancestry of the Chevalier de Montmagny 3 1. An invented origin 5 2. Pierre Huault de Montmagny (d. 1534) 8 3. The three sons of Pierre Huault 13 4. Charles Huault, father of the chevalier de Montmagny (1553-1610) 17 5. The Du Drac family 22 Chapter 2. The Huault de Montmagny Family in the Seventeenth Century 37 1. The chevalier's mother, Antoinette Du Drac (1558-1618) 38 2. Adrien Huault (1598-1667) 41 3. Charlotte Huault (1583-ca. 1650) 44 4. Louis Huault (1585-1646) and his wife, Catherine Lottin 48 5. The end of the Huault de Montmagny family 55 Table of Contents VI THE CHEVALIER DE MONTMAGNY Chapter 3. A First Direction: The Robe 63 1. The earliest years (1601-1610) 64 2. With the Jesuits of La Fleche (1610-1618) 67 3. The interlude at Orleans (1619-1620) 75 4. The journey to Italy (1620-1621) 77 Chapter 4. Corsair for Christ 85 1. The Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, also known, since 1530, as the Order of Malta 86 2. Montmagny enters the Order of Malta 90 3. Privateering activities in the Mediterranean 97 4. The Compagnie de la Nouvelle-France 110 Chapter 5. From the Mediterranean to the Saint Lawrence 117 1. The Knights of Malta in the Saint Lawrence valley 121 2. Where was New France at the start of 1636? 127 3. Reasons for hope, according to Le Jeune 131 Chapter 6. Onontio 143 1. Ahighly relative peace (1636-1640) 145 2. Open but sporadic hostilities (1641-1645) 164 3. From fragile peace to permanent guerilla warfare (1646-1648) 181 Chapter 7. "Wise and Prudent Conduct" in the Internal Management of the Colony 195 1. Managing a colony: some points of reference 196 2. Concerning some outstanding events 216 Chapter 8. Reality and Fiction 233 1. New France in 1648 235 2. Between the chevalier de Montmagny and the prophet Elijah: Cyrano 249 Chapter 9. On the Service of the Order of Malta in the Antilles .. 257 1. France in Saint-Christophe 259 2. The Poincy phenomenon 263 3. Montmagny on the service of the Order of Malta in the Antilles 270 CONTENTS vn 4. Epilogue to Montmagny's death: The end of the adventure of the Order of Malta in the Antilles 283 By way of a conclusion: "Faitz bien et laisse dire" 289 Notes 295 Glossary 359 Bibliography 363 Index 377 This page intentionally left blank ...