From Yesterday to Today
From yesterday to todayPart 1 of 5
Contents of the series on the region’s history, in four chapters up to 1707: prehistory; the explorations of Cartier and Champlain; the notary Romain Becquet, seigneur in spite of himself; Louise Mousseau, guardian of her granddaughters.
Written in French by Alain Manset, January 28, 2024. Quotations from period documents are left in the original. Lire l’original en français.
From prehistoric times to the present day, a vast fresco recounting our region.
We will begin with an era that preceded any human presence, then the arrival of the first people; the settling of the Europeans follows, with the twists and turns of that colonization, the peopling and the development of our corner of the land under the (benevolent) authority of the seigneur (the holder of the seigneury); and finally the coming of a municipal era that continues to this day.
Ready? Fasten your seat belt, and off we go!
Chapter 1: Our region from prehistory to the arrival of the Europeans.
An overview from the ice age to the 1500s
Chapter 2: Our region: the arrival of the first Europeans (1534-c.1600)
The tentative explorations of Cartier and Champlain
Chapter 3: Romain Becquet, seigneur in spite of himself (1640-1682)
The notary Romain Becquet is entrusted with the development of two seigneuries (seigneurial land grants)
Chapter 4: Louise Mousseau (Monceau), the guardian (1635-1707)
Louise Mousseau obtains the retrocession of the seigneury for her granddaughters
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