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	Duchess of Orleans - Versailles Etiquette - http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1704duchess.html A letter with an obsessive concern of manners.
	Saint-Simon - Court of Louis XIV - http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/17stsimon.html An account of life there at Versailles.
	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.
	Louis XIV - Letter to the Town Officers and People of Marseilles - http://history.hanover.edu/texts/louis.htm Correspondence on economic modernization dated August 26, 1664.
	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.

	Social Conditions in 17th Century France - http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/17france-soc.html From Report of the Estates of Normandy (1651) and Letters of the Abbess of Port-Royal.
	Jean Domat - On Social Order and Absolute Monarchy - http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1687domat.html 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.html A belief that material prosperity would raise the yield of taxes but that this prosperity would grow only with a managed economy.
	England, India, and The East Indies - http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/india/1617englandindies.html An attempt to dislodge the Dutch in 1617.
	Absolutism and Constitutionalism in Europe - http://www.absolutism-n-constitutionalism.freehomepage.com/ A project covering the era of major governmental changes in Europe, as well as the rise of Austria, Prussia, and Russia.

	D'Artagnan - the Feats and Fortunes of a Gascon Adventurer! - http://www.freewebs.com/gasconadventurer/ 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.
	Miguel de Cervantes - Don Quixote - http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~wldciv/world_civ_reader/world_civ_reader_2/don_quixote.html Excerpt that satirizes the chivalric traditions of the Middle Ages as absurdly old-fashioned.
	Groundbreaking Scientific Experiments, Inventions and Discoveries of the 17Th Century - http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=101349052 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.
	Puritanism and Revolution: Studies in Interpretation of the English Revolution of the 17th Century - http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=33733836 The complete text by Christopher Hill by subscription, 1958.
	Witchcraft, Magic and Religion in 17th-Century Massachusetts - http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=98867985 The complete text that focuses on the people involved by Richard Weisman by subscription, 1984.

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