Marie-Josephte Corriveau
Marie-Josephte Corriveau (1733 at Saint-Vallier, Quebec – April 18, 1763(1763-04-18) at Quebec City), better known as "la Corriveau", is one of the most popular figures in Québécois folklore. She lived in New France, and was sentenced to death by a British court martial for the murder of her second husband, was hanged for it and her body hanged in chains. Her story has become legendary in Quebec, and she is the subject of numerous books and plays.
Personal facts
| Alias (AKA) | La Corriveau |
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| Date of death | April 18, 1763 |
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External resources
- http://aspro01.npd.ufsc.br/biblioteca/asp/pbasbi2.asp?codAcervo=263947
- http://bibnum2.banq.qc.ca/bna/numtextes/tl63.htm
- http://books.google.ca/books?id=CFoqAAAAYAAJ
- http://books.google.com/books?id=FTUEAAAAYAAJ&printsec=titlepage&hl=fr#PPA68,M1
- http://books.google.com/books?id=GTk0AAAAMAAJ
- http://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/Les_Anciens_Canadiens
- http://gutenberg.ca/ebooks/kirbylemay-chiendor/kirbylemay-chiendor-00-h-dir/kirbylemay-chiendor-00-h.html
- http://marigot.ca/SHM_cahiers/SHM_la_patrie.pdf
- http://membres.lycos.fr/beholder/Legende/LegendeRecitDeLaCorriveau.html
- http://membres.lycos.fr/poetesse/souvreine/pauline/la_corriveau.txt