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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.
www.absolutism-n-constitutionalism.freehomepage.com
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.
www.freewebs.com
African Americans at Jamestown
Timeline of the legislation which carried into law the evolution of American slavery with bibliography.
www.nps.gov
England, India, and The East Indies
An attempt to dislodge the Dutch in 1617.
www.fordham.edu
Scans of The London Gazette, September 10, 1666, containing a detailed eyewitness account of the fire.
www.adelpha.com
Social Conditions in 17th Century France
From Report of the Estates of Normandy (1651) and Letters of the Abbess of Port-Royal.
www.fordham.edu
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.
www.armitstead.com
The King and Queenes Entertainement at Richmond.
The complete text dated September 12, 1636.
darkwing.uoregon.edu
Miguel de Cervantes - Don Quixote
Excerpt that satirizes the chivalric traditions of the Middle Ages as absurdly old-fashioned.
www.wsu.edu
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.
www.fordham.edu
Louis XIV - Letter to the Town Officers and People of Marseilles
Correspondence on economic modernization dated August 26, 1664.
history.hanover.edu
Saint-Simon - Court of Louis XIV
An account of life there at Versailles.
www.fordham.edu
Duchess of Orleans - Versailles Etiquette
A letter with an obsessive concern of manners.
www.fordham.edu
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.
www.fordham.edu
Scans of the Newes July 6, 1665 containing instructions for the containment and disinfection of the plague.
www.adelpha.com