Seventeenth Century
Absolutism and Constitutionalism in Europe
A project covering the era of major governmental changes in Europe, as well as the rise of Austria, Prussia, and Russia.
African Americans at Jamestown
Timeline of the legislation which carried into law the evolution of American slavery with bibliography.
Bubonic Plague
Scans of the Newes July 6, 1665 containing instructions for the containment and disinfection of the plague.
D'Artagnan - the Feats and Fortunes of a Gascon Adventurer!
Distinguishes between fact and fiction the characters of Alexander Dumas's book, The Three Musketeers, with those of the real historical world, includes biographies and a hoax page…
Duchess of Orleans - Versailles Etiquette
A letter with an obsessive concern of manners.
Groundbreaking Scientific Experiments, Inventions and Discoveries of the 17Th Century
An online book that explores the major scientific and mathematical milestones of this era, and examines them from their scientific and sociological perspectives Michael Windelspech…
Jean Domat - On Social Order and Absolute Monarchy
The setting of French law and social structure into the wider context of the law of nature and the law of God.
Jean-Baptiste Colbert - Memorandum on Trade
A belief that material prosperity would raise the yield of taxes but that this prosperity would grow only with a managed economy.
Louis XIV - Letter to the Town Officers and People of Marseilles
Correspondence on economic modernization dated August 26, 1664.
Miguel de Cervantes - Don Quixote
Excerpt that satirizes the chivalric traditions of the Middle Ages as absurdly old-fashioned.
Parish of Rowner near Portsmouth Southern England
Wills, muster lists and parish register together with more general information including coinage, wages, prices and artillery.
Puritanism and Revolution: Studies in Interpretation of the English Revolution of the 17th Century
The complete text by Christopher Hill by subscription, 1958.
Social Conditions in 17th Century France
From Report of the Estates of Normandy (1651) and Letters of the Abbess of Port-Royal.
The Great Fire of London
Scans of The London Gazette, September 10, 1666, containing a detailed eyewitness account of the fire.
The King and Queenes Entertainement at Richmond.
The complete text dated September 12, 1636.
The Trials of ... Guy Fawkes [and the] Conspirators in the Gunpowder-Plot
A complete transcription of the trial of the conspirators of 1605 from the State Trials, 1750 edition.
Witchcraft, Magic and Religion in 17th-Century Massachusetts
The complete text that focuses on the people involved by Richard Weisman by subscription, 1984.
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