The Priest and the Prophetess : Abbé Ouvière, Romaine Rivière, and the Revolutionary Atlantic World

Romaine-la-prophetesse Led A Devastating Insurgency During The First Year Of The Haitian Revolution. His Advisor Was A White French Catholic Priest, Abbe Ouviere. This Book Answers Who The Priest And The Prophetess Were, What They Achieved, And What Their Lives Tell Us About The Revolutionary Atlantic World-- By 1791, The French Revolution Had Spread To Haïti, Where Slaves And Free Blacks Alike Had Begun Demanding Civil Rights Guaranteed In The 1789 Declaration Of The Rights Of Man. Enter Romaine-la-prophétesse, A Free Black Dominican Coffee Farmer Who Dressed In Women's Clothes And Claimed That The Virgin Mary Was His Godmother. Inspired By Mystical Revelations From The Holy Mother, He Amassed A Large And Volatile Following Of Insurgents Who Would Go On To Sack Countless Plantations And Conquer The Coastal Cities Of Jacmel And Léogâne. For This Brief Period, Romaine Counted As His Political Adviser The White French Catholic Priest And Physician Abbé Ouivière, A Renaissance Man Of Cunning Politics Who Would Go On To Become A Pioneering Figure In Early American Science And Medicine. Brought Together By Catholicism And The Turmoil Of The Revolutionary Atlantic, The Priest And The Prophetess Come To Symbolize The Enlightenment Ideals Of Freedom And A More Just Social Order In The 18th Century Caribbean. This Crucial Book, Based On Extensive Archival Research, Offers A Major Contribution To Our Understanding Of Catholic Mysticism And West African Religious Practices At The Time Of The Haitian Revolution And Reveals The Significant Ways In Which Religion And Race Intersected In The Turbulences And Triumphs Of Revolutionary France, Haïti, And Early Republican America-- Chapter One: The Rise Of Trou Coffy And The Jacmel Insurgent Theater -- Chapter Two: Romaine-la-prophétesse -- Chapter Three: Abbé Ouvière -- Chapter Four: Trou Coffy And The Léogâne Insurgent Theater -- Chapter Five: Sacerdotal Subversion In Saint-domingue -- Chapter Six: The Priest, The Prophetess, And The Fall Of Trou Coffy -- Chapter Seven: An Abbot's Atlantic Adventures -- Chapter Eight: Dr. Pascalis And The Making Of American Medicine -- Chapter Nine: The Prophetess In Fantasy And Imagination. Terry Rey. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. By 1791, the French Revolution had spread to Haïti, where slaves and free blacks alike had begun demanding civil rights guaranteed in the 1789 Declaration of the Rights of Man. Enter Romaine-la-Prophétesse, a free black Dominican coffee farmer who dressed in women's clothes and claimed that the Virgin Mary was his godmother. Inspired by mystical revelations from the Holy Mother, he amassed a large and volatile following of insurgents who would go on to sack countless plantations and conquer the coastal cities of Jacmel and Léogâne. For this brief period, Romaine counted as his political adviser the white French Catholic priest and physician Abbé Ouvière, a renaissance man of cunning politics who would go on to become a pioneering figure in early American science and medicine. Brought together by Catholicism and the turmoil of the revolutionary Atlantic, the priest and the prophetess would come to symbolize the enlightenment ideals of freedom and a more just social order in the eighteenth-century Caribbean. Drawing on extensive archival research, Terry Rey offers a major contribution to our understanding of Catholic mysticism and traditional African religious practices at the time of the Haitian Revolution and reveals the significant ways in which religion and race intersected in the turbulence and triumphs of revolutionary France, Haïti, and early republican America. This is an entirely new, student-friendly text by Richard Ingersoll. Building on Kostof's global vision and social context, Ingersoll integrates extensive coverage of world and contemporary architecture in order to provide the most comprehensive survey in the field. Presented chronologically, each chapter now focuses on three unique architectural cultures, which gives instructors the flexibility to choose which traditions are the most relevant to their courses. The text also provides students with numerous pedagogical tools, including timelines, comparative maps, a glossary, and text boxes devoted to social factors and specific issues in technology and philosophy. The result is a comprehensive method for understanding and appreciating the history, cultural significance, and beauty of architecture from around the world