Stresses in Traditional Society
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Phillip II of Spain (1527-1598): Letters, 1592-1597Images:
- Pieter Brueghel, Landscape with the Fall of
IcarusLouis le Nain, The CartCharles Lebrun, Chancellor Séguier at the Entry of Louis XIV into Paris in 1660
Royal Absolutism in France
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Edict of NantesCardinal Richelieu: Political TestamentJean Domat: On Social Order and Absolute Monarchy, Reading Guide] Duc de Saint-Simon: The Court of Louis XIVJean-Baptiste Colbert: Memorandum on Trade
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The Struggle for Sovereignty in Eastern Europe
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The Decline of the Holy Roman Empire and the Rise of PrussiaThe Correspondence between Ivan IV and Prince Andrei Kurbskii (excerpts) Peter the Great and the Rise of Russia, 1682-1725, various accountsImage:
IV. The Triumph of Constitutionalism
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True Law of Free MonarchiesJames I: On the Divine Right of KingsPetition of RightCharles I : Declaration of SportsCharles I: Speech to Parliament on the occasion of his Trial for Treason, excerpts Statement of the LevellersCommonwealth Instrument of GovernmentSir William Clarke: The Putney DebatesThomas Hobbes: Leviathan (excerpts) Declaration of RightWilliam III of England: Address to Parliament on the French QuestionEnglish Bill of RightsJohn Locke: Two Treatises of GovernmentThe Dutch Declaration of IndependenceWilliam Temple: Observations upon the United Provinces of the NetherlandsImages:
- James IA CavalierEnglish Puritan WomanCharles I beheaded and 2The Execution of Charles IOliver CromwellJames IIWilliam III of Orange and Mary IICharles IIJohn LockeThomas HobbesHouse of Commons 1741Sampling Officials of the Drapers' Guild
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