| 单词 | seigneury |
| 例句 | On the morrow there was let cry war in the seigneury of Heurne. Flemish Legends 2011-10-10T02:00:21.467Z Before long he abandoned an arena in which he was no longer the great central figure for dignified seclusion on his seigneury of Montebello beside the noble Ottawa. The Winning of Popular Government A Chronicle of the Union of 1841 In the early morning the habitant repaired to the seigneury to assist in erecting the May-pole. Old Quebec The Fortress of New France He retired to his seigneury of La Petite Nation at Montebello and devoted himself to his books. The 'Patriotes' of '37 A Chronicle of the Lower Canada Rebellion She divided the rich banks of the St. Lawrence and of the Richelieu into seigneuries; there population spread. The Conquest of Canada (Vol. 1 of 2) The Marquis du Quesne organized the militia of Quebec and Montreal; minutely inspected and disciplined the militia of the seigneuries; and attached considerable bodies of regular artillery to every garrison. The Rise of Canada, from Barbarism to Wealth and Civilisation Volume 1 But the Bernois still tormented him for recognition of their sovereignty over the disputed seigneuries of Palézieux, and continued to lend him money, thus gradually and surely laying their hands on his long coveted possessions. The Counts of Gruyère Sunshine reflected from the spires and towers of the town made a beacon of hope to the peasant as he laboured on the seigneuries leagues and leagues away. Old Quebec The Fortress of New France The upper classes rarely went far afield, while the "rural population lived in a sort of chrysalis state, in immobility and isolation within each seigneury." Beginnings of the American People The establishment of seigneuries was not calculated to invite or promote desirable immigration. The Land We Live In The Story of Our Country The castle and the adjacent territory formed one of the most ancient seigneuries of France. Recollections of Europe His example was widely copied by the Christian princes and great nobles among the Crusaders, who enriched the hospice with many lands and seigneuries, both in Palestine and in Europe. Sea-Wolves of the Mediterranean The regiment of Carignan-Salières was disbanded, but its officers, for the most part, elected to remain in Canada and accept the gift of seigneuries which the King distributed on conditions of fealty and homage. Old Quebec The Fortress of New France The seigneury which he acquired was one of the most dangerous spots in the whole colony, being right in the path of Iroquois attack. Crusaders of New France A Chronicle of the Fleur-de-Lis in the Wilderness Chronicles of America, Volume 4 The seigneury of Sorel was well peopled, for each grantee received only sixty acres and a town lot, taking the rest of his allotment in some of the newer settlements. The United Empire Loyalists : A Chronicle of the Great Migration Once past this they had no great distance to go to reach the seigneury of De Catinat's friend of the noblesse who would help them upon their way. The Refugees Jean Pierre Camus came of an illustrious, and much respected family of Auxonne in Burgundy, in which province it possessed the seigneuries of Saint Bonnet and Pont-carré. The Spirit of St. Francis de Sales The land is divided into seigneuries; there are feudal customs and antiquated privileges, and the laws are based upon the model of those of old France. The Englishwoman in America Having no other means of obtaining funds with which to equip an expedition, La Salle sold his seigneury and at once began his preparations. Crusaders of New France A Chronicle of the Fleur-de-Lis in the Wilderness Chronicles of America, Volume 4 A few settled in rural Quebec on lands outside the line of seigneuries. The Father of British Canada: a Chronicle of Carleton In 1791 the provinces were divided, and styled Upper Canada and Lower Canada—the one embracing all the French seigneuries; the other all the newly-settled townships. Country Life in Canada Fifty Years Ago Personal recollections and reminiscences of a sexagenarian The largest of the settlements so formed was the one on the Miramichi, at Pierre Beaubair's seigneury, where the village of Nelson now stands. The Acadian Exiles : a Chronicle of the Land of Evangeline The Roman Catholics have enormous endowments, including a great part of the island of Montreal, and several valuable seigneuries. The Englishwoman in America Colonists were brought from France, farms were prepared for them in the church seigneuries, and the new settlers were guided and encouraged through, the troublous years of pioneering. Crusaders of New France A Chronicle of the Fleur-de-Lis in the Wilderness Chronicles of America, Volume 4 Lands outside the seigneuries were to be in free and common socage, while seigneurial tenure itself could be converted into freehold on petition. The Father of British Canada: a Chronicle of Carleton By right, to the company belonged the power of granting land and seigneuries. The Great Intendant : A chronicle of Jean Talon in Canada, 1665-1672 In general, however, a seigneury comprised at least a dozen square miles, almost always with a frontage on the great river and rear limits extending up into the foothills behind. The Seigneurs of Old Canada : A Chronicle of New World Feudalism I will have my seigneuries and my castles; my servants in rich livery, and my obedient subjects. Berlin and Sans-Souci; or Frederick the Great and his friends Many of the seigneuries in this latter belt had been given to officers of the Carignan-Salières regiment which had come out with Tracy in 1665 to chastise the Mohawks. Crusaders of New France A Chronicle of the Fleur-de-Lis in the Wilderness Chronicles of America, Volume 4 In 1804 he had purchased the seigneury of La Petite Nation, far up the Ottawa. The Canadian Dominion; a chronicle of our northern neighbor A city was an assembly of a thousand seigneuries, which divided it into compartments of all shapes and sizes. Notre-Dame De Paris The territory was not surveyed; each applicant, in filing his petition for a seigneury, was asked to describe the tract he desired. The Seigneurs of Old Canada : A Chronicle of New World Feudalism For him in his recalcitrancy there was only a younger son's portion, the little seigneury of Eaucourt, which had been his mother's. The Path of the King But not all of the seigneuries were settled in this way, and it was well for the best interests of the colony that they were not. Crusaders of New France A Chronicle of the Fleur-de-Lis in the Wilderness Chronicles of America, Volume 4 His seigneury had his attention only when opportunities for some more exciting field of action failed to present themselves. The Seigneurs of Old Canada : A Chronicle of New World Feudalism "Yes, brother Claude; but that accursed seigneury of Poligny, which people make so much noise about, is worth not sixty gold crowns, year out and year in." Notre-Dame De Paris When his seigneury changed owners by sale or by inheritance other than in direct descent, a mutation fine known as the quint was payable to the public treasury. The Seigneurs of Old Canada : A Chronicle of New World Feudalism With twenty-five allotments in his seigneury the yearly income would be perhaps thirty or forty livres if translated into money, that is to say, six or eight dollars in our currency. The Seigneurs of Old Canada : A Chronicle of New World Feudalism Most of the officers gradually grew tired of their rôle as gentlemen of the wilderness, and eventually sold or mortgaged their seigneuries and made their way back to France. Crusaders of New France A Chronicle of the Fleur-de-Lis in the Wilderness Chronicles of America, Volume 4 Every one called his neighbour a friend, and the people of each seigneury were as one great family. The Seigneurs of Old Canada : A Chronicle of New World Feudalism In France the seigneur insisted that the peasantry should bake their bread in the great oven of the seigneury, paying the customary toll for its use. The Seigneurs of Old Canada : A Chronicle of New World Feudalism That is evidently just what the home authorities wanted to know when they arranged for a topographical and general report on the seigneuries in 1712. The Seigneurs of Old Canada : A Chronicle of New World Feudalism By the terms of their tenure the habitants of the seigneury were required to appear each May Day before the main door of the manor-house, and there to plant a pole in the seigneur's honour. The Seigneurs of Old Canada : A Chronicle of New World Feudalism What were the obligations of the settler who took a grant of land within a seigneury? Crusaders of New France A Chronicle of the Fleur-de-Lis in the Wilderness Chronicles of America, Volume 4 Tobacco was grown in the colony, and every habitant had a patch of it in his garden; and then as now this tabac canadien was fierce stuff with an odour that scented the whole seigneury. The Seigneurs of Old Canada : A Chronicle of New World Feudalism The Sulpicians had, at the time the colony passed into English hands, an estate of about a quarter of a million arpents, including the most valuable seigneury of New France, on the island of Montreal. The Seigneurs of Old Canada : A Chronicle of New World Feudalism He was engaged on the improvement of the colonial fortifications until the intendant set him to work on a survey of the seigneuries. The Seigneurs of Old Canada : A Chronicle of New World Feudalism They were given sometimes in frankalmoigne or sometimes as ordinary seigneuries. The Seigneurs of Old Canada : A Chronicle of New World Feudalism Sons and daughters of the seigneurs often intermarried with those of habitants in the seigneury or of traders in the towns. Crusaders of New France A Chronicle of the Fleur-de-Lis in the Wilderness Chronicles of America, Volume 4 The chief reason for this is that the parish system was not created until most of the seigneuries had been settled. The Seigneurs of Old Canada : A Chronicle of New World Feudalism These eighty-two parishes were roughly coterminous with the existing seigneuries, but not always so. The Seigneurs of Old Canada : A Chronicle of New World Feudalism The work occupied two or three years, in the course of which he prepared three excellent maps showing the situation and extent of all the seigneuries in the districts of Quebec, Three Rivers, and Montreal. The Seigneurs of Old Canada : A Chronicle of New World Feudalism Some few seigneuries had six or eight parishes within their bounds. The Seigneurs of Old Canada : A Chronicle of New World Feudalism As for the habitants, the people who cleared and cultivated the lands of the seigneuries, they worked and lived and dressed as pioneers are wont to do. Crusaders of New France A Chronicle of the Fleur-de-Lis in the Wilderness Chronicles of America, Volume 4 From this identification of the parish and seigneury came some interesting results. The Seigneurs of Old Canada : A Chronicle of New World Feudalism In 1681 there were only seven stone churches in all the seigneuries, and the royal officers deplored the fact that the people did not display greater pride or taste in the architecture of their sanctuaries. The Seigneurs of Old Canada : A Chronicle of New World Feudalism With the two maps Catalogne presented a long report on the ownership, resources, and general progress of the seigneuries. The Seigneurs of Old Canada : A Chronicle of New World Feudalism But in Canada, owing to the relatively small number of suitors in the seigneuries, the system could not be made to pay its way. The Seigneurs of Old Canada : A Chronicle of New World Feudalism Another martinet gravely informed the colonial authorities that, as a protection against Indian attacks "all the seigneuries should be palisaded." Crusaders of New France A Chronicle of the Fleur-de-Lis in the Wilderness Chronicles of America, Volume 4 That he did not make every seigneury a hotbed of petty strife was due largely to the stern hand held over him by priest and seigneur alike, but by his priest particularly. The Seigneurs of Old Canada : A Chronicle of New World Feudalism Many of the seigneurs, when Canada passed under British control, sold their seigneuries and went home to France. The Seigneurs of Old Canada : A Chronicle of New World Feudalism The lands were steadily rising in value, and this seigneury soon became one of the most prosperous areas of the colony. The Seigneurs of Old Canada : A Chronicle of New World Feudalism A writer of the time narrates what happened in one of the seigneuries, and it is doubtless typical of what took place in others. The Seigneurs of Old Canada : A Chronicle of New World Feudalism The first grant of a seigneury in the territory of New France was made in 1623 to Louis Hébert, a Paris apothecary who had come to Quebec with Champlain some years before this date. Crusaders of New France A Chronicle of the Fleur-de-Lis in the Wilderness Chronicles of America, Volume 4 They gave the habitants a choice between bringing their grain to the half-broken-down windmill of the seigneury or paying the seigneur a money fine for his permission to take their grist elsewhere. The Seigneurs of Old Canada : A Chronicle of New World Feudalism The other matter in which the directors of the company showed some interest was in the giving of seigneuries —chiefly to themselves. The Seigneurs of Old Canada : A Chronicle of New World Feudalism He agreed that the officers of the regiment should be offered seigneuries, and provided with funds to make a start in improving them. The Seigneurs of Old Canada : A Chronicle of New World Feudalism About sixty of these seigneuries were granted, large tracts all of them. The Seigneurs of Old Canada : A Chronicle of New World Feudalism He merely applied to the intendant, who was quite willing to endow with a seigneury any one who appeared likely to get it cleared and ready for future settlers. Crusaders of New France A Chronicle of the Fleur-de-Lis in the Wilderness Chronicles of America, Volume 4 With it and other distractions in existence the clearing of the seigneuries proceeded very slowly. The Seigneurs of Old Canada : A Chronicle of New World Feudalism When he came to the New World he wanted the sort of life that would keep him always on his mettle, and that could not be found within the cultivated borders of seigneury and parish. The Seigneurs of Old Canada : A Chronicle of New World Feudalism For the rank and file who should prove willing to take lands within the seigneuries of the officers the king consented to provide a year's subsistence and a liberal grant in money. The Seigneurs of Old Canada : A Chronicle of New World Feudalism More settlers were brought; a few seigneuries were granted; priests were summoned from France; a new fort was built; and by sheer perseverance a settlement of about three hundred souls had been established by 1627. The Seigneurs of Old Canada : A Chronicle of New World Feudalism It was fortunate that most seigneurs had more land than they could use; otherwise there would have been as many lawsuits as seigneuries. Crusaders of New France A Chronicle of the Fleur-de-Lis in the Wilderness Chronicles of America, Volume 4 Now it was to the intendant, in Talon's time, that the king committed the duty of granting seigneuries and of supervising the seigneurial system in operation. The Seigneurs of Old Canada : A Chronicle of New World Feudalism This, as its name implies, amounted to one-fifth of the seigneury's value; but it rarely accrued, and even when it did the generous monarch usually rebated a part or all of it. The Seigneurs of Old Canada : A Chronicle of New World Feudalism But to return to the seigneuries along the river. The Seigneurs of Old Canada : A Chronicle of New World Feudalism He was expected to have his seigneury surveyed into farms, or en censive holdings, and to procure, as quickly as might be, settlers for these farms. The Seigneurs of Old Canada : A Chronicle of New World Feudalism At this date there were some ninety seigneuries in the colony, about which we have considerable information owing to a careful survey which was made in 1712 at the King's request. Crusaders of New France A Chronicle of the Fleur-de-Lis in the Wilderness Chronicles of America, Volume 4 Consequently the best locations in all the seigneuries near Quebec were soon taken, and then settlers had to take lands more remote from the little metropolis of the colony. The Seigneurs of Old Canada : A Chronicle of New World Feudalism It may be well at this point to take a general survey of the colonial seigneuries, noting what progress had been made. The Seigneurs of Old Canada : A Chronicle of New World Feudalism This seigneury was destined to loom up prominently in later days when Montcalm held Wolfe at bay for weeks along the Beauport shore. The Seigneurs of Old Canada : A Chronicle of New World Feudalism On the island of Montreal was the most important of the seigneuries in the district bearing its name. The Seigneurs of Old Canada : A Chronicle of New World Feudalism The others show the location of all seigneuries in the regions of Quebec and Three Rivers. Crusaders of New France A Chronicle of the Fleur-de-Lis in the Wilderness Chronicles of America, Volume 4 The seminary also owned the seigneury of St Sulpice on the north shore of the river, some little distance below the island. The Seigneurs of Old Canada : A Chronicle of New World Feudalism Stretching farther along this northern shore were various large seigneuries given chiefly to officers or former officers of the civil government, and now held by their heirs. The Seigneurs of Old Canada : A Chronicle of New World Feudalism Twelve families had built their homes within the spacious borders of his seigneury. The Seigneurs of Old Canada : A Chronicle of New World Feudalism Hence it was that many of them got into debt, mortgaged their seigneuries to Quebec or Montreal merchants, soon lost their lands, and finally drifted back to France. The Seigneurs of Old Canada : A Chronicle of New World Feudalism From Catalogne's survey we know that before 1712 nearly all the territory on both shores of the St. Lawrence from below Quebec to above Montreal had been parceled into seigneuries. Crusaders of New France A Chronicle of the Fleur-de-Lis in the Wilderness Chronicles of America, Volume 4 On all of these seigneuries some progress had been made, but often it amounted to very little. The Seigneurs of Old Canada : A Chronicle of New World Feudalism The district of Quebec was the first to be allotted in seigneuries, and here of course agriculture had made better headway. The Seigneurs of Old Canada : A Chronicle of New World Feudalism Durantaye was not one of the most prosperous seigneuries, neither was it among those making the slowest progress. The Seigneurs of Old Canada : A Chronicle of New World Feudalism In 1670, however, he was back at Quebec again, and having married a daughter of the colony, applied at once for the grant of a seigneury. The Seigneurs of Old Canada : A Chronicle of New World Feudalism This was given to him in the form of a large tract, two leagues square, on the south shore of the lower St Lawrence, between the seigneury of Beaumont des Islets and the Bellechasse channel. The Seigneurs of Old Canada : A Chronicle of New World Feudalism Rather significantly this colonial Domesday of 1681 mentions that the sixteen able-bodied men of the seigneury possessed 'seven muskets' among them. The Seigneurs of Old Canada : A Chronicle of New World Feudalism This with his other tract was united to form the seigneury of Longueuil. The Seigneurs of Old Canada : A Chronicle of New World Feudalism Fruit-trees had been brought to maturity in various parts of the seigneury and were bearing well. The Seigneurs of Old Canada : A Chronicle of New World Feudalism That is the way in which he became the owner of a model seigneury. The Seigneurs of Old Canada : A Chronicle of New World Feudalism The seigneuries were large, and from the seigneurs the king asked no more than that they should help to colonize their grants with settlers. The Seigneurs of Old Canada : A Chronicle of New World Feudalism On the whole, however, the habitants who took farms within the seigneuries fared pretty well in the matter of the feudal dues and services demanded from them. The Seigneurs of Old Canada : A Chronicle of New World Feudalism For over a century after the French came to the St Lawrence all the seigneuries were situated directly on the shores of the river. The Seigneurs of Old Canada : A Chronicle of New World Feudalism Having been so largely engaged in these military affrays, little time had been available for the development of his seigneury. The Seigneurs of Old Canada : A Chronicle of New World Feudalism The mills were commonly built in tower-like fashion, and were at times loop-holed in order that they might be used if necessary in the defence of seigneuries against Indian attack. The Seigneurs of Old Canada : A Chronicle of New World Feudalism This was about one-eighth of the entire area given out in seigneuries. The Seigneurs of Old Canada : A Chronicle of New World Feudalism These ecclesiastical seigneuries, moreover, were among the best in point of intelligent cultivation. The Seigneurs of Old Canada : A Chronicle of New World Feudalism These seigneuries were therefore kept in the front rank of agricultural progress, and the example which they set before the eyes of the people must have been of great value. The Seigneurs of Old Canada : A Chronicle of New World Feudalism The eldest, who bore his father's name and possessed many of his traits, inherited the seigneury. The Seigneurs of Old Canada : A Chronicle of New World Feudalism The seigneurial system was also strengthened by the fact that the boundaries of seigneuries and parishes were usually the same. The Seigneurs of Old Canada : A Chronicle of New World Feudalism In other cases, two or three seigneuries were merged into a single great parish. The Seigneurs of Old Canada : A Chronicle of New World Feudalism The people of the seigneuries paid a tithe or ecclesiastical tax for the support of their parish church. The Seigneurs of Old Canada : A Chronicle of New World Feudalism Churches were erected in the different seigneuries by funds and labour secured in various ways. The Seigneurs of Old Canada : A Chronicle of New World Feudalism Two years later this recognition came in the form of a royal decree which elevated the seigneury of Longueuil to the dignity of a barony, and made its owner the Baron de Longueuil. The Seigneurs of Old Canada : A Chronicle of New World Feudalism Stone, timber, and other building materials were taken freely from the lands of the seigneury, and the work of construction was usually performed by the parishioners themselves. The Seigneurs of Old Canada : A Chronicle of New World Feudalism In the church of his seigneury the lord of the manor continued, however, to have various other prerogatives. The Seigneurs of Old Canada : A Chronicle of New World Feudalism Troubles which arose among the habitants in the Church seigneuries were settled amicably, if possible, by the parish priest. The Seigneurs of Old Canada : A Chronicle of New World Feudalism No custom of the manor or seigneury could prevail against written contracts and statute-law. The Seigneurs of Old Canada : A Chronicle of New World Feudalism |
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