HIST 202 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10/09: Authoritarianism, Recusancy
13 Dec 2015
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10-09 fyson, the conquered and the conqueror: the mutual adaptation of the. Period btwn conquest and quebec act is often overlooked, or either portrayed as jovialist or miserabilist. Seems as if qc historians have largely lost interest in the period. Subject is both heavily politicized and feels overwrought. Howev, there is actually much to b done thru empirical research and historiography. Look at period not as time of absolutes, but of mutual adaptation. Previous historians hav portrayed only two groups--british and canadiens--when these groups had many factions/internal classes. During period, can/brit population were forced into mutual adaptation by the catholic question, political praxis, and the law. Would seem that prot supremacy applied, but not so tru in practice. Catholics didn"t lose positions, despite being forbidden by new laws to hold them. Laws have been construed to b against all catholics, when really only against convicted popish recusants . Thus law was v vague, left much room for mutual adaptation.
