The Great Peace of Montreal of 1701
Subtitle: French-native diplomacy in the seventeenth century
By: Gilles Havard ; translated by Phyllis Aronoff and Howard Scott.
Contributors: Aronoff, Phyllis, 1945-; Scott, Howard, 1952-
Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Montreal; Ithaca
Language: eng
Number of pages: 308
Subjects: Traité de Montréal (1701); Indians of North America -- Canada -- Government relations.; Indians of North America -- Canada -- Treaties.; Iroquois Indians -- Government relations.; Iroquois Indians -- Treaties.; Indians of North America -- Canada -- Government relations -- To 1830.; Iroquois Indians -- Treaties, 1701.; Indiens d'Amérique -- Canada -- Relations avec l'État -- Jusqu'à 1830.; Indiens -- Amérique du Nord -- Traités, 1701.; Iroquois (Indiens) -- Traités, 1701.; Discours indiens d'Amérique.; Canada -- History -- To 1763 (New France); Canada -- History -- 1663-1713 (New France); Canada -- Histoire -- 1663-1713 (Nouvelle-France)
Genres: Treaties.
Description: "In The Great Peace of Montreal of 1701 Gilles Havard brings to life the European and Native players who brought about this major feat of internatioanl diplomacy. He highlights the differing interests and strategies of the numerous nations involved while giving a dramatic account of the colourful conference. The treaty, Havard argues, was the culmination of the French colonial strategy of Native alliances and adaptation to Native political customs. It illustrates the extent of cultural interchange between the French and their Native allies and the crucial role the latter played in French conflicts with the Iroquois and the British." "As we approach the three hundredth anniversary of the treaty's signing in August 1701, Gilles Havard emphasizes its contemporary significance: in signing a treaty with forty separate parties the French recognized the independent sovereignty of every Native nation. This translation is significantly revised and updated from the original French publication of 1992."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [281]-297) and index.
Previously published as: La Grande Paix de Montréal de 1701. Montréal : Recherches amérindiennes au Québec, [1992]