The Miracles at Sainte-Anne-du-Petit-Cap and the Making of a Seventeenth-Century Colonial Community
Mary Dunn
Abstract: Over the course of seventeenth century, thirty-three instances miraculous intercession attributed to Saint Anne were recorded and preserved at church Sainte-Anne-du-Petit-Cap, Quebec. An analysis these reports that attends both narrative performative dimensions miracle stories suggests events held an important place within emerging colonial community, once conveying constructing understanding community as governed by providence God, aligned with French national interests, ordered under authority post-Tridentine Catholic Church.
The Canadian historical review