Louis 'David' Riel : : Prophet of the New World / / Thomas Flanagan.
Louis Riel believed that on 8 December 1875 he received a divine commission authorizing him to save the Métis and reform the Catholic Church. He was a prophet, inspired by the Holy Spirit, and the Métis were the new chosen people. A new branch of the Catholic Church would be founded in North America...
Saved in:
Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999 |
---|---|
VerfasserIn: | |
Place / Publishing House: | Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2018] ©1996 |
Year of Publication: | 2018 |
Language: | English |
Online Access: | |
Physical Description: | 1 online resource (240 p.) |
Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
id |
9781442676824 |
---|---|
ctrlnum |
(DE-B1597)496927 (OCoLC)1078917581 |
collection |
bib_alma |
record_format |
marc |
spelling |
Flanagan, Thomas, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Louis 'David' Riel : Prophet of the New World / Thomas Flanagan. Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2018] ©1996 1 online resource (240 p.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Preface to the Revised Edition -- Preface to the First Edition -- 1. Preparation -- 2. Testing -- 3. The Prophet in Chains -- 4. The New Religion -- 5. Waiting -- 6. The Prophet in Arms -- 7. Disappointment and Hope -- 8. A Comparative View -- Notes -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star Louis Riel believed that on 8 December 1875 he received a divine commission authorizing him to save the Métis and reform the Catholic Church. He was a prophet, inspired by the Holy Spirit, and the Métis were the new chosen people. A new branch of the Catholic Church would be founded in North America, with its first Holy See in Montreal, and its second in Riel's birthplace of St. Vital. When Riel expressed these views in 1876, he was committed to a lunatic asylum. After his release, he suppressed his ideas for several years, only to reveal them again to his Métis followers during the North-West Rebellion. The Rebellion thus became as much a religious as a political movement; Riel believed himself a prophet to the end of his life, and he went to his death thinking that he, like Christ, would be resurrected on the third day. Earlier writers about Louis Riel have noted his religious beliefs but have not taken them seriously. They have usually dismissed Riel's attempt to found a new religion as the symptom of a deranged mind. Thomas Flanagan takes Riel's religion seriously and analyses it using categories developed in the literature about millenarian movements. He shows that Riel's religion, far from being simply individual madness, is typical of the nativistic and millenarian movements described by one author as the 'religions of the oppressed.' This is also a biography, tracing Riel's thinking on religious subjects from his childhood to the end of his life and paying particular attention to events in his life that influenced his thinking. This developmental approach is necessary because Riel's ideas changed frequently; he never arrived at a fixed 'system.' The research is based on primary sources throughout. Much new documentation has become available over the past thirty years and in the sixteen years since this volume was initially published. In particular, new information is presented about Riel's youth in Montreal, his time in insane asylums, his years in Montana, and the North-West Rebellion. Flanagan also re-interprets well-known documents. While this revised edition does not alter the fundamentals of his interpretation, it improves the historical backdrop against which it is presented through use of a wealth of new primary sources. Flanagan has updated his citings of Riel's manuscripts to current sources. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 30. Aug 2021) HISTORY / Canada / General. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999 9783110490947 https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442676824 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781442676824 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9781442676824.jpg |
language |
English |
format |
eBook |
author |
Flanagan, Thomas, Flanagan, Thomas, |
spellingShingle |
Flanagan, Thomas, Flanagan, Thomas, Louis 'David' Riel : Prophet of the New World / Frontmatter -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Preface to the Revised Edition -- Preface to the First Edition -- 1. Preparation -- 2. Testing -- 3. The Prophet in Chains -- 4. The New Religion -- 5. Waiting -- 6. The Prophet in Arms -- 7. Disappointment and Hope -- 8. A Comparative View -- Notes -- Index |
author_facet |
Flanagan, Thomas, Flanagan, Thomas, |
author_variant |
t f tf t f tf |
author_role |
VerfasserIn VerfasserIn |
author_sort |
Flanagan, Thomas, |
title |
Louis 'David' Riel : Prophet of the New World / |
title_sub |
Prophet of the New World / |
title_full |
Louis 'David' Riel : Prophet of the New World / Thomas Flanagan. |
title_fullStr |
Louis 'David' Riel : Prophet of the New World / Thomas Flanagan. |
title_full_unstemmed |
Louis 'David' Riel : Prophet of the New World / Thomas Flanagan. |
title_auth |
Louis 'David' Riel : Prophet of the New World / |
title_alt |
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Preface to the Revised Edition -- Preface to the First Edition -- 1. Preparation -- 2. Testing -- 3. The Prophet in Chains -- 4. The New Religion -- 5. Waiting -- 6. The Prophet in Arms -- 7. Disappointment and Hope -- 8. A Comparative View -- Notes -- Index |
title_new |
Louis 'David' Riel : |
title_sort |
louis 'david' riel : prophet of the new world / |
publisher |
University of Toronto Press, |
publishDate |
2018 |
physical |
1 online resource (240 p.) |
contents |
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Preface to the Revised Edition -- Preface to the First Edition -- 1. Preparation -- 2. Testing -- 3. The Prophet in Chains -- 4. The New Religion -- 5. Waiting -- 6. The Prophet in Arms -- 7. Disappointment and Hope -- 8. A Comparative View -- Notes -- Index |
isbn |
9781442676824 9783110490947 |
url |
https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442676824 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781442676824 https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9781442676824.jpg |
illustrated |
Not Illustrated |
dewey-hundreds |
900 - History & geography |
dewey-tens |
970 - History of North America |
dewey-ones |
971 - Canada |
dewey-full |
971.05/1/092 |
dewey-sort |
3971.05 11 292 |
dewey-raw |
971.05/1/092 |
dewey-search |
971.05/1/092 |
doi_str_mv |
10.3138/9781442676824 |
oclc_num |
1078917581 |
work_keys_str_mv |
AT flanaganthomas louisdavidrielprophetofthenewworld |
status_str |
n |
ids_txt_mv |
(DE-B1597)496927 (OCoLC)1078917581 |
carrierType_str_mv |
cr |
hierarchy_parent_title |
Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999 |
is_hierarchy_title |
Louis 'David' Riel : Prophet of the New World / |
container_title |
Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999 |
_version_ |
1806143690028089344 |
fullrecord |
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><collection xmlns="http://www.loc.gov/MARC21/slim"><record><leader>04902nam a22006255i 4500</leader><controlfield tag="001">9781442676824</controlfield><controlfield tag="003">DE-B1597</controlfield><controlfield tag="005">20210830012106.0</controlfield><controlfield tag="006">m|||||o||d||||||||</controlfield><controlfield tag="007">cr || ||||||||</controlfield><controlfield tag="008">210830t20181996onc fo d z eng d</controlfield><datafield tag="020" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">9781442676824</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="024" ind1="7" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">10.3138/9781442676824</subfield><subfield code="2">doi</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="035" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">(DE-B1597)496927</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="035" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">(OCoLC)1078917581</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="040" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">DE-B1597</subfield><subfield code="b">eng</subfield><subfield code="c">DE-B1597</subfield><subfield code="e">rda</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="041" ind1="0" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">eng</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="044" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">onc</subfield><subfield code="c">CA-ON</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="072" ind1=" " ind2="7"><subfield code="a">HIS006000</subfield><subfield code="2">bisacsh</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="082" ind1="0" ind2="4"><subfield code="a">971.05/1/092</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="100" ind1="1" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Flanagan, Thomas, </subfield><subfield code="e">author.</subfield><subfield code="4">aut</subfield><subfield code="4">http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="245" ind1="1" ind2="0"><subfield code="a">Louis 'David' Riel :</subfield><subfield code="b">Prophet of the New World /</subfield><subfield code="c">Thomas Flanagan.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="264" ind1=" " ind2="1"><subfield code="a">Toronto : </subfield><subfield code="b">University of Toronto Press, </subfield><subfield code="c">[2018]</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="264" ind1=" " ind2="4"><subfield code="c">©1996</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="300" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">1 online resource (240 p.)</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="336" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">text</subfield><subfield code="b">txt</subfield><subfield code="2">rdacontent</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="337" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">computer</subfield><subfield code="b">c</subfield><subfield code="2">rdamedia</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="338" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">online resource</subfield><subfield code="b">cr</subfield><subfield code="2">rdacarrier</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="347" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">text file</subfield><subfield code="b">PDF</subfield><subfield code="2">rda</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="505" ind1="0" ind2="0"><subfield code="t">Frontmatter -- </subfield><subfield code="t">Contents -- </subfield><subfield code="t">Abbreviations -- </subfield><subfield code="t">Preface to the Revised Edition -- </subfield><subfield code="t">Preface to the First Edition -- </subfield><subfield code="t">1. Preparation -- </subfield><subfield code="t">2. Testing -- </subfield><subfield code="t">3. The Prophet in Chains -- </subfield><subfield code="t">4. The New Religion -- </subfield><subfield code="t">5. Waiting -- </subfield><subfield code="t">6. The Prophet in Arms -- </subfield><subfield code="t">7. Disappointment and Hope -- </subfield><subfield code="t">8. A Comparative View -- </subfield><subfield code="t">Notes -- </subfield><subfield code="t">Index</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="506" ind1="0" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">restricted access</subfield><subfield code="u">http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec</subfield><subfield code="f">online access with authorization</subfield><subfield code="2">star</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="520" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Louis Riel believed that on 8 December 1875 he received a divine commission authorizing him to save the Métis and reform the Catholic Church. He was a prophet, inspired by the Holy Spirit, and the Métis were the new chosen people. A new branch of the Catholic Church would be founded in North America, with its first Holy See in Montreal, and its second in Riel's birthplace of St. Vital. When Riel expressed these views in 1876, he was committed to a lunatic asylum. After his release, he suppressed his ideas for several years, only to reveal them again to his Métis followers during the North-West Rebellion. The Rebellion thus became as much a religious as a political movement; Riel believed himself a prophet to the end of his life, and he went to his death thinking that he, like Christ, would be resurrected on the third day. Earlier writers about Louis Riel have noted his religious beliefs but have not taken them seriously. They have usually dismissed Riel's attempt to found a new religion as the symptom of a deranged mind. Thomas Flanagan takes Riel's religion seriously and analyses it using categories developed in the literature about millenarian movements. He shows that Riel's religion, far from being simply individual madness, is typical of the nativistic and millenarian movements described by one author as the 'religions of the oppressed.' This is also a biography, tracing Riel's thinking on religious subjects from his childhood to the end of his life and paying particular attention to events in his life that influenced his thinking. This developmental approach is necessary because Riel's ideas changed frequently; he never arrived at a fixed 'system.' The research is based on primary sources throughout. Much new documentation has become available over the past thirty years and in the sixteen years since this volume was initially published. In particular, new information is presented about Riel's youth in Montreal, his time in insane asylums, his years in Montana, and the North-West Rebellion. Flanagan also re-interprets well-known documents. While this revised edition does not alter the fundamentals of his interpretation, it improves the historical backdrop against which it is presented through use of a wealth of new primary sources. Flanagan has updated his citings of Riel's manuscripts to current sources.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="538" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="546" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">In English.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="588" ind1="0" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 30. Aug 2021)</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1=" " ind2="7"><subfield code="a">HISTORY / Canada / General.</subfield><subfield code="2">bisacsh</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="773" ind1="0" ind2="8"><subfield code="i">Title is part of eBook package:</subfield><subfield code="d">De Gruyter</subfield><subfield code="t">University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999</subfield><subfield code="z">9783110490947</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="856" ind1="4" ind2="0"><subfield code="u">https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442676824</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="856" ind1="4" ind2="0"><subfield code="u">https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781442676824</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="856" ind1="4" ind2="2"><subfield code="3">Cover</subfield><subfield code="u">https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9781442676824.jpg</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">978-3-11-049094-7 University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999</subfield><subfield code="c">1933</subfield><subfield code="d">1999</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">EBA_BACKALL</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">EBA_CL_HICS</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">EBA_EBACKALL</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">EBA_EBKALL</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">EBA_ECL_HICS</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">EBA_EEBKALL</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">EBA_ESSHALL</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">EBA_PPALL</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">EBA_SSHALL</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">GBV-deGruyter-alles</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">PDA11SSHE</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">PDA13ENGE</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">PDA17SSHEE</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">PDA5EBK</subfield></datafield></record></collection> |