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- Title
L'Église et la propriété seigneuriale au Québec (1854-1940): continuité ou rupture?
- Authors
Grenier, Benoît
- Abstract
From the moment the seigneurial system was implemented on Canadian soil, the Catholic Church has established itself as a major player in the ownership of fiefs. The fate of the ecclesiastical properties after the Conquest is quite well known. Indeed, with the notable exception of the Jesuits, most of the communities and institutions had preserved their land until the end of the seigneurial regime. The abolition of the feudal system in Quebec has been very gradual. The year 1854 generally presented as one of abolition is merely a milestone in the slow extinction of the seigneurial property and the seigneurs retained after 1854 up until today, all their domanial lands as well as the lands that were not granted to 1854. Thus, the "censitaires" continued until 1940, to pay rents to their "seigneurs". In 1935, the Quebec government passed the Loi abolissant les rentes seigneuriales and created the "Syndicat national du rachat des rentes seigneuriales", which aimed to put an end to this anachronistic persistence. The purpose of this text is to show, supported by the archives of the above mentioned organization, how the ecclesiastical actors reacted to changes which affected the seigneurial ownership between 1854 and 1940. It will observe continuities, significant disruptions but also the emergence of new "seigneurs" in the twentieth century.
- Subjects
CANADA; CATHOLIC Church; CHURCH property; HISTORY of feudalism; FIEFS; QUEBECOIS politics &; government; LAND tenure; HISTORY of land tenure; HISTORY
- Publication
Études d'Histoire Religieuse, 2013, Vol 79, Issue 2, p21
- ISSN
1193-199X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.7202/1018592ar