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This is a masterful book, demonstrating extensive knowledge of the historiography of early modern France as well as that of early Canada. Dewar studies poorly understood archival sources - civil suits and legal documents in France - alongside established work on the CNF, concepts of sovereignty and authority, and traditional discussions of elite rivalry and state formation. We see well-known figures like Richelieu, but understand their actions with regard to New France in more nuanced and convincing ways. Gregory Michael William Kennedy, Universite de Moncton

“This is a masterful book, demonstrating extensive knowledge of the historiography of early modern France as well as that of early Canada. Dewar studies poorly understood archival sources – civil suits and legal documents in France – alongside established work on the CNF, concepts of sovereignty and authority, and traditional discussions of elite rivalry and state formation. We see well-known figures like Richelieu, but understand their actions with regard to New France in more nuanced and convincing ways.” Gregory Michael William Kennedy, Université de Moncton

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Helen Dewar is assistant professor of history at the Université de Montréal and a research associate of the Wilson Institute for Canadian History.

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