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[email protected] FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES THE FIGHT AGAINST ‘SATAN’S DOMINION’: AN EXAMINATION OF JESUIT MISSIONS IN NEW FRANCE THROUGH THE LENS OF THE JESUIT RELATIONS By ADAM MICHAEL MORAN A Thesis submitted to the Department of History in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts 2017 Adam Moran defended this thesis on April 13, 2017. The members of the supervisory committee were: Jonathan Grant Professor Directing Thesis Jennifer Koslow Committee Member Rafe Blaufarb Committee Member The Graduate School has verified and approved the above-named committee members, and certifies that the thesis has been approved in accordance with university requirements. ii I would like to offer my profound thanks to my committee members, my wife Laura, my parents, Jim and Janet, and my many supportive friends who helped me through this process. iii ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Special thanks are due to my thesis committee members: Dr. Grant, Dr. Koslow, and Dr. Blaufarb; Dr. Grant, as the advisor for my major field of study, Early Modern Europe; Dr. Koslow, as the advisor for my minor field of study, Public History; and Dr. Blaufarb, for the support and encouragement given me throughout my Master of Arts program.