The 17th century (1601-1700) / editor, David Simonelli, PhD.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Simonelli, David, editor.

Series:

Defining documents in world history.

Defining Documents in World History

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

History, Modern--17th century--Sources.

History, Modern.

Civilization, Modern--17th century--Sources.

Civilization, Modern.

Science--Europe--History--17th century--Sources.

Science.

Regligions--History--17th century--Sources.

Regligions.

Europe--History--17th century--Sources.

Europe.

Genre:

History.

Sources.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (2 volumes (xv, 451 pages)) : illustrations (some color), facsimiles, maps, portraits.

Edition:

[First edition].

Place of Publication:

Ipswich, Massachusetts : Salem Press, a division of EBSCO Information Services ; [Amenia, New York] : Grey House Publishing, [2017]

Summary:

This collection surveys primary source documents from 1601-1700, including maps. This period in world history was marked by scientific discovery, codification of laws, the development of religious doctrine, civil war, colonization, and the expansion of global trade. Organized geographically, each document is supported by a critical essay, written by historians and teachers, with a Summary Overview, Defining Moment, Author Biography, Document Analysis, and Essential Themes.

Contents:

Vol. 1. 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

Vol. 2. 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".

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed August 17, 2017).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781682173022

168217302X

OCLC:

1050162747