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winnerPrixLionel-GroulxFondation-Yves-Saint-GermainInstitutdhistoiredelAmriquefranaise2011PrixduCanadaensciencessocialesFederationfortheHumanitiesandSocialSciences2012SirJohnA.MacdonaldPrizeCanadianHistoricalAssociation2011InTheIdeaofLibertyinCanadaduringtheAgeofAtlanticRevolutions17761838MichelDucharmeshowsthatCanadianintellectualandpoliticalhistorybetweentheAmericanRevolutionandtheUpperandLowerCanadarebellionsof183738canbebetterunderstoodbyconsideringitinrelationtothebroadframeworkofrevolutionintheAtlanticworldbetween1776and1838.InspiredbyintellectualhistoriesoftheAtlanticworldDucharmegoesbeyondthescholarlyfocusonAtlanticrepublicanismtopresenttherebellionsof183738asaconfrontationbetweentwoverydifferentconceptsofliberty.Heusestheseconceptsaslensesthroughwhichtoreadcolonialideologicalconict.Ducharmetracespoliticaldiscourseinbothcoloniesshowinghowthedifferingfatesandinuenceofrepublicanandconstitutionalnotionsoflibertyaffectedstatedevelopment.HealsopursuesanumberofimportantrevisionisthistoricalclaimsincludingtheideathatnationalistpoliticswerenotatissueintheperiodandthatresponsiblegovernmentwasneveraPatriotepartyplatformorinterest.MichelDucharmeisassistantprofessorintheDepartmentofHistoryattheUniversityofBritishColumbia.RecentyearshavewitnessedarevivalofinterestinholyguresinCanada.FromthereputationsofpopesJohnPaulIIandBenedictXVIasprolicsaint-makerstothecanonizationoftwoguresassociatedwithCanadaBrotherAndrBessettein2010andKateriTekakwithain2012saintsaresuddenlyinthenewsandatopicofconversation.InBecomingHolyinEarlyCanadaTimothyPearsonexplorestherootsofsanctityinCanadatodiscoverwhyreputationsforholinessdevelopedintheearlycolonialperiodandhowsaintsweremadeinthelocalandimmediatecontextsofeverydaylife.Pearsonweavestogetherthehistoriesofwell-knownguressuchasMariedelIncarnationwiththoseoflargelyforgottenlocalsaintssuchaslaybrotherandcarpenterDidacePelletierandtheAlgonquinmartyrJosephOnahar.Adoptinganapproachthatdrawsonperformancetheoryritualstudiesandlivedreligionheunravelstheexpectationsinterac-tionsandnegotiationsthatconstitutedholyperformances.Becauseholyreputationsdevelopedoverthecourseofindividualslifetimesandinafter-deathrelationshipswithlocalfaithcommunitiesthroughbeliefinmiraclesholylivesarebestreadaslocalembeddedandcontextualizedhistories.PlacingcolonialholyguresbetweenthepolesoflocalexpectationandtheuniversalCatholictheologyofsanctityBecomingHolyinEarlyCanadashowshowreputationsdevelopedandindividualsbecamelocalsaintslongbeforetheycametotheattentionofthechurchinRome.TimothyG.PearsonisadjunctprofessoratWesternUniversity.37MQUPFALL2014SPECIFICATIONSMcGill-QueensStudiesintheHistoryofIdeasSeptember2014978-0-7735-4401-732.95ACDN32.95AUS20.99paper978-0-7735-4400-0100.00SCDN100.00SUS65.00cloth6x9328pp3tables1diagrame-bookavailableSPECIFICATIONSMcGill-QueensStudiesintheHistoryofReligionSeptember2014978-0-7735-4419-232.95ACDN32.95AUS20.99paper978-0-7735-4418-5100.00SCDN100.00SUS65.00cloth6x9288pp4bwphotos2chartse-bookavailableTheIdeaofLibertyinCanadaduringtheAgeofAtlanticRevolutions17761838michelducharmeTranslatedbyPeterFeldsteinAnargumentforcompetingidealsoflibertyasamotivationfortherebellionsinUpperandLowerCanada.CANADIANHISTORYHISTORYOFRELIGIONCANADIANHISTORYBecomingHolyinEarlyCanadatimothyg.pearsonUncoveringthehistoryofsanctityineverydaycoloniallife.