Christie Seigneuries

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Christie Seigneuries is written by Françoise Noël and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0773508767 (ISBN 10) and 9780773508767 (ISBN 13).

In The Christie Seigneuries, Françoise Noël provides a detailed case study of the Christie Seigneuries in the Upper Richelieu Valley (in what is now Quebec) during the period from the French surrender to the British in 1760 to the commutation act of 1854 ending seigneurial tenure. While most seigneurial studies have focused on the censitaires, Noël examines the administrative practices of the seigneurs themselves. She reveals that management practices of seigneuries were influenced more by the personality of the seigneur and his family circumstances, as well as changing economic conditions, than by the judicial rights of the seigneur.