Directory of Seventeenth Century Resources

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This category lists historical sites devoted to the seventeenth century time period.

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• Duchess of Orleans - Versailles Etiquette

  http://sourcebooks.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1704duchess.asp
  A letter with an obsessive concern of manners.

• England, India, and The East Indies

  http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/india/1617englandindies.asp
  An attempt to dislodge the Dutch in 1617.

• Groundbreaking Scientific Experiments, Inventions and Discoveries of the 17Th Century

  http://www.questia.com/read/101349052/groundbreaking-scientific-experiments-inventions
  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

  http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1687domat.asp
  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

  http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1664colbert.asp
  A belief that material prosperity would raise the yield of taxes but that this prosperity would grow only with a managed economy.

• Little Woodham

  http://www.littlewoodham.org.uk/
  Information about this 1642 living history village, with visitor information, photo gallery, information for teachers, and historical information and records from the parish of Rowner.

• Puritanism and Revolution: Studies in Interpretation of the English Revolution of the 17th Century

  http://www.questia.com/read/33733836/puritanism-and-revolution-studies-in-interpretation
  The complete text by Christopher Hill by subscription, 1958.

• Saint-Simon - Court of Louis XIV

  http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/17stsimon.asp
  An account of life there at Versailles.

• Social Conditions in 17th Century France

  http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/17france-soc.asp
  From Report of the Estates of Normandy (1651) and Letters of the Abbess of Port-Royal.

• The Trials of ... Guy Fawkes [and the] Conspirators in the Gunpowder-Plot

  http://www.armitstead.com/gunpowder/gunpowder_trial.html
  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

  http://www.questia.com/read/98867985/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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