Knowledge

Raymond Breton

Source 📝

208: 98:
A French-Carib and Carib-French dictionary, with copious notes, historical and explanatory, on what Breton took to be the Carib language (ibid., 1665) - linguist Douglas Macrae Taylor stated that it was "quite clear that the language described by Breton (in the Lesser Antilles) was Arawak, not Carib
73:. He also spent time going from island to island, teaching and evangelizing the natives in their own tongue, through which he became an adept in the various Carib languages. According to Breton, he arrived on 54:, at Paris, to finish his classical education and make his course of philosophy and theology. Having obtained his degree in theology, he sailed with three other Dominicans for the 111:
Relatio Gestorum a primis Praedicatorum missionariis in insulis Americanis ditionis gallicae praesertim apud Indos indigenas quos Caribes vulgo dicunt ab anno 1634 ad annum 1643
106:
At the request of the general of the order, he also wrote a valued history of the first years of the French Dominicans' missionary work among the Caribbean Indians:
51: 157:
Sybille de Pury and Marcella Lewis, "The language of the Callinago people: Father Breton's Dictionnaire caraïbe-français (1665) compared with Garifuna" (2001),
132:
Sybille de Pury and Marcella Lewis, "The language of the Callinago people: Father Breton's Dictionnaire caraïbe-français (1665) compared with Garifuna" (2001),
270: 275: 218: 260: 280: 80:
Returning to France in 1654, he devoted much of his time to preparing young priests for the West Indian missions.
265: 170: 250: 255: 65:
Breton devoted nearly twenty years to missionary activity in the Antilles. From 1641 to 1651 he was on
195:
Scriptores ordinis prædicatorum recensiti, notisque historicis illustrati ad annum 1700 auctoribus
158: 133: 74: 223: 245: 240: 50:
Breton entered the Order of St. Dominic at the age of seventeen and was sent (1627) to the
8: 77:
at one point, but did not stay because local Caribs had killed two prior proselytizers.
55: 169:
David Wahayona Campos Reyes, "The Origin and Survival of the Taíno Language" (1999),
189: 35: 31: 234: 212: 70: 34:
missionary and linguist among the Caribbean Indians, and in particular the
117:
This is of historical importance, and has been used by several writers.
171:
https://indigenouscaribbean.files.wordpress.com/2008/05/davidcampos.pdf
59: 185: 211: This article incorporates text from a publication now in the 66: 159:
http://www.sup-infor.com/ultimes/garifuna_a/garifuna_a-ina.htm
134:
http://www.sup-infor.com/ultimes/garifuna_a/garifuna_a-ina.htm
23: 27: 58:
in 1635, and was among the first Europeans to live on
38:(formerly known as Black Caribs to Europeans, and as 232: 88:Breton was responsible for the following works: 93:A Catechism of the Christian Doctrine in Carib 146:Biographical Dictionary of Christian Missions 193: 216: 271:Roman Catholic missionaries in Guadeloupe 99:(though containing many Carib elements)"; 16:French Dominican missionary and linguist 276:Roman Catholic missionaries in Dominica 233: 227:. New York: Robert Appleton Company. 13: 261:French Roman Catholic missionaries 217:Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). " 14: 292: 206: 30:, 8 January 1679) was a French 281:French expatriates in Dominica 163: 151: 138: 126: 102:a Carib grammar (ibid., 1667). 1: 179: 7: 26:, 3 September 1609 – 10: 297: 120: 83: 173:, quoting Taylor (1977) 45: 266:Dominican missionaries 194: 224:Catholic Encyclopedia 52:priory of St. Jacques 42:amongst themselves). 144:Gerald H. Anderson, 251:People from Beaune 69:, living with the 56:French West Indies 256:French Dominicans 288: 228: 210: 209: 197: 174: 167: 161: 155: 149: 142: 136: 130: 95:(Auxerre, 1664); 296: 295: 291: 290: 289: 287: 286: 285: 231: 230: 207: 182: 177: 168: 164: 156: 152: 143: 139: 131: 127: 123: 86: 48: 17: 12: 11: 5: 294: 284: 283: 278: 273: 268: 263: 258: 253: 248: 243: 219:Raymond Breton 204: 203: 199: 198: 190:Jacques Échard 181: 178: 176: 175: 162: 150: 148:(1999), p. 89. 137: 124: 122: 119: 115: 114: 104: 103: 100: 96: 85: 82: 47: 44: 20:Raymond Breton 15: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 293: 282: 279: 277: 274: 272: 269: 267: 264: 262: 259: 257: 254: 252: 249: 247: 244: 242: 239: 238: 236: 229: 226: 225: 220: 214: 213:public domain 201: 200: 196: 191: 187: 184: 183: 172: 166: 160: 154: 147: 141: 135: 129: 125: 118: 112: 109: 108: 107: 101: 97: 94: 91: 90: 89: 81: 78: 76: 75:Saint Vincent 72: 71:Island Caribs 68: 63: 61: 57: 53: 43: 41: 37: 33: 29: 25: 21: 222: 205: 165: 153: 145: 140: 128: 116: 110: 105: 92: 87: 79: 64: 49: 39: 19: 18: 246:1679 deaths 241:1609 births 202:Attribution 235:Categories 180:References 60:Guadeloupe 40:Callinago 32:Dominican 67:Dominica 36:Garifuna 215::  186:Quétif 113:(MSS). 22:, OP ( 121:Notes 84:Works 24:Baune 188:and 46:Life 28:Caen 221:". 237:: 192:, 62:.

Index

Baune
Caen
Dominican
Garifuna
priory of St. Jacques
French West Indies
Guadeloupe
Dominica
Island Caribs
Saint Vincent
http://www.sup-infor.com/ultimes/garifuna_a/garifuna_a-ina.htm
http://www.sup-infor.com/ultimes/garifuna_a/garifuna_a-ina.htm
https://indigenouscaribbean.files.wordpress.com/2008/05/davidcampos.pdf
Quétif
Jacques Échard
public domain
Raymond Breton
Catholic Encyclopedia
Categories
1609 births
1679 deaths
People from Beaune
French Dominicans
French Roman Catholic missionaries
Dominican missionaries
Roman Catholic missionaries in Guadeloupe
Roman Catholic missionaries in Dominica
French expatriates in Dominica

Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.