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Seventeenth Century
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» 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.
» England, India, and The East Indies - An attempt to dislodge the Dutch in 1617.
» 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 Windelspecht by subscription, 2002.
» 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.
» Saint-Simon - Court of Louis XIV - An account of life there at Versailles.
» 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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