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West of town, Sainte-Marie among the Hurons is a reconstruction of the Jesuit mission built in 1639.
The Inquisition took root in the 1530s, and the Counter-Reformationary Jesuit order gained control of education in Portugal during the 1560s.
Ontario’s history is preserved in lovingly reconstructed villages and forts marking the passage of French Jesuit missionaries at Sainte-Marie Among the Hurons, a fur-trading post at Thunder Bay, military positions at Fort George (Niagara) and Fort Henry (Kingston), and the pioneer communities at Upper Canada Village (Morrisburg) and Black Creek (Toronto).
This form of justification, which became known as "laxism," may explain why Jesuit priests were the confessors of choice among Europe's Catholic aristocracy.
Many of the bronze instruments, sundials, and sextants on display inside and on the roof of the observatory were gifts from Jesuit missionaries who lived in the capital during the 17th century.