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Episode 47: Filles de Roi
The intendant of New France, Jean Talon, conducts and audit and finds that the colony lacks a crucial ingredient - women.
4 years, 11 months ago
Episode 46: The Manitous
Missionaries follow fur traders into the pays d'en haut west of New France, and find new societies emerging out of the chaos and migrations of the 16…
4 years, 11 months ago
Episode 45: The Bottom of the Bay
Two of New France's premier fur traders leave the colony in frustration, and seek English backers for a rival operation in the far north.
4 years, 11 months ago
Episode 44: Peace
After a generation of war, the Iroquois Confederation and the French allied nations find themselves more integrated than ever before.
4 years, 11 months ago
Episode 43: A Maritime Tour
Catching up on developments in the Maritime region - from a haven for English Catholics in Newfoundland, to life for Acadians under English rule.
5 years ago
Episode 42: Seigneurs and Habitants
The relationship between aristocrat and peasant shifts as it crosses the Atlantic, creating a new category - the habitant.
5 years ago
Episode 41: The King's Colony
King Louis XIV determines that in order to preserve Canada, he'll have to step in and administer the colony directly.
5 years ago
Episode 40: Domestic Holiness
A distinct French Canadian religious identity begins to emerge out of the apocalyptical atmosphere on the St. Lawrence.
5 years ago
Episode 39: The Runners of the Woods
1654-1660
Ottawa traders and French backwoodsmen combine to bring the old Wendat fur network back to life.
5 years ago
Episode 38: The Acadian Civil War
1635-1654
Multiple Frenchmen vie for control over Acadia, drawing on support from Quebec, Paris, and Boston.
5 years, 1 month ago