Europe's expansion into the New World during the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries was a story of power alignment and cultural transmission as well as dramatic individual effort. Spain had her conquistadores, France her coureurs de bois, and England her sea dogs. Isolated from the …
Pierre LeMoyne d'Iberville, born in Canada about 1661, fought against the English in King William's War. In 1697 Iberville was selected to complete explorations of the Mississippi Valley begun by Jean Cavalier LaSalle, and the journals presented here record his service from 1699…
"La crise économique ne suffit pas à expliquer le malaise français. Face aux bouleversements de l'ordre du monde et aux difficultés du pays, la montée du populisme et du Front national témoigne d'une inquiétude identitaire et culturelle. Comment vivre ensemble malgré nos différe…
The Hédi Bouraoui Collection in Maghrebian and Franco-Ontarian Literatures is the gift of University Professor Emeritus Hédi Bouraoui.
"What little has been written previously on the Lebanese 'crusader' county of Tripoli has focused upon the southern French ancestry of the counts of Tripoli, descendants of the counts of Saint-Gilles. Kevin Lewis argues for a deeper understanding of the processes that shaped the…
"What little has been written previously on the Lebanese 'crusader' county of Tripoli has focused upon the southern French ancestry of the counts of Tripoli, descendants of the counts of Saint-Gilles. Kevin Lewis argues for a deeper understanding of the processes that shaped the…