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1 online resource (2 volumes). |
Physical Medium |
polychrome |
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text file |
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Defining documents in world history
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Defining documents in world history.
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
Europe: Science, Religion, and Law. Galileo Galilei: Starry Messenger ; Letter of Cardinal Bellarmine to Paolo Antonio Foscarini concerning Galileo's Theories ; Miguel de Cervantes: Don Quixote ; Treaty of Westphalia ; Czar Alexis I: Great Muscovite Law Code ; Louis XIV: Edict of Fontainebleau -- England: Civil War and Revolution. James I: Speech on the Divine Right of Kings ; Westminster Confession ; Charles I: Speech on the Scaffold ; Thomas Hobbes: Leviathan ; Habeas Corpus Act of the Restoration ; John Bunyan: The Pilgrim's Progress ; Isaac Newton: The Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy ; English Bill of Rights ; John Locke: Second Treatise on Civil Government -- Christianity and Society in the East. Tokugawa Ieyasu: Laws Governing Military Households ; Japan's Closed Country Edict ; Matteo Ricci: "Religious Sects among the Chinese" ; Li Yü: "On Being Happy Though Poor" ; Regent Dorgon: Edict to the Board of War and Imperial Edict to the Board of Rites ; Meritorious Deeds at No Cost ; Yang Guangxian: I Cannot Do Otherwise (Budeyi) ; Kangxi Emperor: Edict of Toleration -- The Muslim World: Trade and Toleration. Raag Gond ; Charles Davenant: An Essay on the East-India Trade ; Jahangir: Twelve Decrees -- European Colonies in the Americas: The English Mid-Atlantic. John Rolfe: Letter to Sir Edwin Sandys ; Richard Frethorne: Letter to His Parents ; John Smith: The Generall Historie of Virginia ; Cecil Calvert: Maryland Toleration Act ; Virginia's Act XII: Negro Women's Children to Serve according to the Condition of the Mother ; Nathaniel Bacon: Manifesto ; "A Minute against Slavery, Addressed to the Germantown Monthly Meeting" ; Declaration of Protestant Subjects in Maryland -- European Colonies in the Americas: New England. Letter of Edward Winslow to a Friend ; John Winthrop: "A Model of Christian Charity" ; Excerpts from the Massachusetts Bay Colony Trial against Anne Hutchinson ; Roger Williams: The Bloudy Tenent of Persecution ; Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson ; Declaration of the Gentlemen, Merchants and Inhabitants of Boston, and the Country Adjacent ; Sir Edmund Andros: Report of His Administration -- European Colonies in the Americas: Other Colonies. Samuel de Champlain: Voyages ; Charter of the Dutch West India Company ; Father Paul Le Jeune: Brief Relation of the Journey to New France ; Adriaen Van der Donck: Description of the New-Netherlands ; António Vieira: "Children of God's Fire". |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
History, Modern -- 17th century -- Sources.
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History, Modern. |
Chronological Term |
17th century |
Genre/Form |
Sources.
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Subject |
Civilization, Modern -- 17th century -- Sources.
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Civilization, Modern. |
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Europe -- History -- 17th century -- Sources.
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Europe. |
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History. |
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Science -- Europe -- History -- 17th century -- Sources.
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Science. |
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Religions -- History -- 17th century -- Sources.
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Religions. |
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HISTORY / World. |
Chronological Term |
1600-1699 |
Genre/Form |
History.
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Added Author |
Simonelli, David, editor.
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Other Form: |
Print version: The 17th century (1601-1700). Ipswich, Massachusetts : Salem Press, a division of EBSCO Information Services, Inc. ; Amenia, NY : Grey House Publishing, [2017] 9781682173015 1682173011 (OCoLC)990323344 |
ISBN |
9781682173022 (electronic book) |
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168217302X (electronic book) |
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9781682173015 |
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1682173011 |
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