History 2201E Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Smallpox, Kateri Tekakwitha, Paul Le Jeune
20 Jun 2012
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Lecture 3 part 2 jesuits: priestly order within the catholic church, part of the reformation within the catholic church. Founded in paris in 1539 by a basque-spanish priest named. Legitimized by pope paul iii: helped and hindered the trade with natives. Helped them run masses, etc: most famous presence is among the huron, e. g. ste. Huron: eventually jesuits lived among the iroquois five nations, a lot of the converted iroquois left iroquioa and moved closer to. Quebec to be closer to the missionaries: kateri tekakwitha. Mohawk girl, converted when she was 10. Miracles ascribed to her, made holy/beatified in 1980, will be. Influential over the mohawk people made a catholic saint/canonized in october 2012. Jesuit methodology: had to learn native languages, very difficult given the number of languages out there and had to write things in their language. Prayer, etc: only useful if natives were willing to listen to them talk about. Christianity: very good at attracting an audience.
