Agricultural Missionaries: The Trappists and French Colonial Policy under the July Monarchy
In the 1840s, the July Monarchy enlisted the Trappists to develop model farms in Algeria and Martinique. The July Monarchy wanted to remedy lackluster agricultural development in Algeria and to support the Martinique economy after emancipation. In contrast, the Trappists viewed their colonial involv...
| Published in: | The catholic historical review |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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The Catholic University of America Press
2020
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| In: |
The catholic historical review
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Algeria
/ Martinique
/ Colonization
/ Trappisten
/ Mission
/ Agriculture
/ History 1841-1848
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| IxTheo Classification: | KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history KBG France KBL Near East and North Africa KBR Latin America KCA Monasticism; religious orders KDB Roman Catholic Church RJ Mission; missiology |
| Further subjects: | B
July Monarchy
B French Colonialism B Missionaries B Colonization; History B France; Church history B Algeria; History B Martinique B Algeria B French history B Trappists |
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| Summary: | In the 1840s, the July Monarchy enlisted the Trappists to develop model farms in Algeria and Martinique. The July Monarchy wanted to remedy lackluster agricultural development in Algeria and to support the Martinique economy after emancipation. In contrast, the Trappists viewed their colonial involvement as a moral mission to regenerate an ancient center of Christianity in Algeria and to assist enslaved Martinicans succeed as free people after emancipation. This paper provides a textured picture of Catholic involvement in French colonialism by exploring the commonalities and distinctions between the goals of the Trappist missions and those of the July Monarchy, a picture that brings to light the underexplored prominence of Trappists in mid nineteenth-century France. |
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| ISSN: | 1534-0708 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The catholic historical review
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1353/cat.2020.0041 |