{"product_id":"dawns-light-woman-38-nicolas-franchomme-marriage-and-law-in-the-illinois-country-paperback-softback-9780809338863","title":"Dawn's Light Woman \u0026#38; Nicolas Franchomme; Marriage and Law in the Illinois Country (Paperback \/ softback) 9780809338863","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eDawn's Light Woman \u0026amp; Nicolas Franchomme\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eMarriage and Law in the Illinois Country\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eCarl J. Ekberg (Author), Sharon K. Person (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780809338863\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 26 September 2022\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e264 pages, 24 illustrations\u003cbr\u003e23.3 x 16.2 x 1.7 cm, 0.544 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eNative women’s marital rights and roles in colonial Illinois society\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Kaskaskia, Illinois, once the state’s capital, torn from the state by flood waters, and now largely forgotten, was once the home to a couple who helped transform the region in the 1720s from a frontier village to a civil society. In the heart of France’s North American empire, the village was a community of French -Canadian fur traders and Kaskaskia Indians who not only lived together but often intermarried. These Indigenous and French intermarriages were central to colonial Illinois society, and the coupling of Marguerite 8assecam8c8e (Dawn’s Light Woman) and Nicolas Franchomme, in particular, was critical to expanding the jurisdiction of French law.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e While the story of Marguerite and Nicolas is unknown today, it is the story of how French customary law (\u003ci\u003eCoutume de Paris\u003c\/i\u003e) governed colonial marriage, how mixed Indian-French marriages stood at the very core of early colonial Illinois society, and how Illinois Indian women benefited, socially and legally, from being married to French men. All of this came about due to a lawsuit in which Nicolas successfully argued that his wife had legal claim to her first husband’s estate—a legal decision that created a precedent for society in the Illinois Country.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Within this narrative of a married couple and their legal fight—based on original French manuscripts and supported by the comprehensively annotated 1726 Illinois census—is also the story of the village of Kaskaskia during the 1720s, of the war between Fox Indians and French settlers, with their Indian allies, in Illinois, and of how the spread of plow agriculture dramatically transformed the Illinois Country’s economy from largely fur trade–based to expansively agricultural.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePreface\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePrincipal Characters\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1. The Illinois Country\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2.Native American\u003cbr\u003eWives \u0026amp;\u003cbr\u003e French Husbands\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e3. Jacques Bourdon in Life \u0026amp;\u003cbr\u003e in Death\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e4. Marguerite 8assecam8c8eis Attacked\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e5. Franchomme Prevails\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e6. Textures of Life\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e7. The Marriage Contract: Center of Life\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e8. The Fox Scourge\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e9. Aubains and RÉ\u003cbr\u003egnicoles: Blood and Culture\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e10. Marguerite’\u003cbr\u003es Last Dance\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eConclusion: The Critical Decade\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIllinois Country Generations: The 1726 Census\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGlossary of French terms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEssential Illinois Country Readings\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Southern Illinois University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52555657740568,"sku":"9780809338863","price":19.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/dawns-light-woman-38-nicolas-franchomme-marriage-and-law-in-the-illinois-country-paperback-softback-9780809338863","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}