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1598:
True
Law of Free Monarchies
- King James I of England |
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17c:
"Cardinal Richelieu" &
"Triple Portrait of Richelieu" - paintings by Phillipe de Champagne |
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17c:
Observations
Upon the United Provinces of the Netherlands - William Temple |
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17c:
Social
Conditions in 17c France |
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1603:
Accession speech to Parliament - James I of England (3/19) - page 1
(.pdf file) |
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1604:
Opening Address at the Hampton Court Conference - King James I
of England (Jan.) - page 5 (.pdf file) |
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1604:
Reply of the House of Commons to King James I |
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1605:
Extracts on the Gunpowder Plot and the Nature of Parliament - James I
of England - page 2 (.pdf file) |
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1605:
Primary Sources Pertaining to the Gunpowder Plot |
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1609:
Extract from a speech to Parliament on the Divine Right of Kings
(3/21) - James I of England - page 4 (.pdf file) |
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1624:
Political
Testament - Cardinal Richelieu |
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1626:
Edict
Ordering the Demolition of the Feudal Castles in France |
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1628:
The
Petition of Rights (England) |
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1629, 1641:
Protests of the House of Commons - documents showing
the growth of Parliament's hatred for King Charles I, first
complaining against his closet Catholicism, his Arminianism |
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1635:
Letters
Patent Establishing the French Academy |
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1639:
Fighting the Scottish Covenanters - Sir Edmund Verney to his son,
Ralph |
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1640:
A Bust of Cardinal
Richelieu - Gianlorenzo Bernini |
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1640:
The Elements of Law Natural and Politics
by Thomas Hobbes |
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1640s:
"The
Diggers Song" - lyrics and downloadable sound file |
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1640s:
"England's Woes" - lyrics of a ballad from the English Civil War |
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1641-47:
The Citizen by Thomas
Hobbes - a discussion of the natural law foundations of government |
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1642:
Declaration to Justify Their Proceedings and Resolutions to Take Up Arms
(Eng.) |
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1642:
England's
Oaths of Supremacy and Allegiance |
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1642:
The
Execution of Charles I |
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1642:
Letters From a Parliamentarian Soldier (English Civil War) |
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1643-44:
The Solemn League and Covenant - allied the Scotch
Presbyterians and the Puritans in their struggle against Charles I |
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1644:
Areopagitica
- John Milton |
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1644:
Oliver Cromwell - Letter to His
Brother-in-Law After the Battle of Marston Moor
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1646:
"An
Arrow Against All Tyrants" - Richard Overton (Leveller) |
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1648:
"The
Execution of Charles I" - in the newspaper, The
Intelligencer (Jan. 29-Feb. 5) |
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1648:
A
Leveller Petition |
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1649:
Excerpts
from the Code of Law (Ulozhenie) - Russia |
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1649:
Extracts From His Own Defense at His Trial for Treason - King Charles
I of England (.pdf file) |
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1649:
A Letter to Lord
Halifax - Diggers pamphlet |
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1649:
Statement
of the Levellers |
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1649:
Womens'
Petition (London) |
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1653:
Instrument of Government |
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1654:
Cromwell, At the
Opening of Parliament |
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1658:
"The
Death of Oliver Cromwell" - in the newspaper, The
Gazette
(Sept. 2-9) |
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1660:
Declaration of Breda |
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1660:
Leviathan - Thomas Hobbes (entire text) |
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1660:
The Restoration of Charles II to the Throne of
England |
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1660s:
"On the Financial Disorders in France" - Colbert's
Memoirs |
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1662:
The Book of Common Prayer |
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1662:
British Poor Relief Act |
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1662:
"The
Protecting Brewer"
- lyrics to a song satirizing Olive Cromwell |
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1662:
"Syndics of the Cloth Guild" - painting by Rembrandt
van Rijn |
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1662:
"Vive
Le Roy" - lyrics to a Royalist recruiting song |
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1664:
Letter
to the Town Officers and People of Marseilles - Colbert |
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1664:
Memorandum
on Trade - Jean-Baptiste Colbert |
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1666:
A Detailed Account of the Great Fire of London - in the newspaper,
The London
Gazette
(Sept. 3-10) |
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1668:
Brief Observations Concerning Trade and Interest of Money - Josiah
Childs |
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1669:
Toleration Act |
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1671:
Madame
Savigne's Portrait of Louis XIV and His Court |
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1672:
Declaration of Indulgence |
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1678:
Proclamation of King Charles II Regarding Foreign
Seminaries |
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1679:
Habeas Corpus Act |
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1679:
"Politics Drawn from the Very Words of Holy Scripture" - Bishop
Jacques-Benigne Bousset |
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1682-1729:
Peter the Great and the Rise of Russia - several assorted documents |
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1683:
Laying
the Seige to Vienna - John III Sobieski |
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1683:
The
Secret History of the Reign of Jan Sobieski |
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1683:
The Sultan's Declaration of War Against Leopold I |
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1685:
Speech of King
James II to the Privy Council, February 7 |
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1685:
The Treaty of Fontainebleau-Revocation of the Edict
of Nantes |
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1687:
Declaration of Indulgence |
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1687:
Scottish
Declaration of Toleration, February 12 |
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1688:
Declaration of the Prince of Orange (10/10) |
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1688:
Declaration of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal -
Parliament pledges its loyalty to William and Mary |
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1688:
Parliament Invites William of Orange to England |
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1688:
Petition for a Free Parliament (11/17) |
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1688:
Proclamation of King James II (10/20) |
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1689:
Act Establishing the British Coronation Oath |
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1689:
Act of Recognition - England |
