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Author: Sarah Shurts, Professor of History, Bergen Community College
History in Practice engages students in the process of "doing history" via source analysis and synthesis. Its multi-step, inquiry-based approach guides students from the basics of understanding a source to creating informed examinations of the historical world. There are three sections within each module, and each section includes the following:
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Chapter 1 Cultures of the West, 3rd Edition, Volume 1 Enhanced eBook
Water and Soil, Stone and Metal: The First Civilizations 10,000-12,000 BCE
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The Monotheists: Jews and Persians 1200-550 BCE
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The Ancient Greeks: From Arrival to Glory 2000–479 BCE
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The Classical and Hellenistic Ages 479–30 BCE
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Romans and Republicans 753-27 BCE
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Rome’s Empire 27-305 CE
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The Rise of Christianity in a Roman World 40-300 CE
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The Early Middle Ages 300-750
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The Expansive Realm of Islam 30-900
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Reform and Renewal in the Greater West 750-1258
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Worlds Brought Down 1258-1453
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Renaissances and Reformations 1350-1563
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Worlds Old and New 1450-1700
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The Worlds of All Against All 1540-1648
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From Westphalia to Paris: Regimes Old and New 1648-1750
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Chapter 1 Enhanced Flashcards
Water and Soil, Stone and Metal: The First Civilizations 10,000-12,000 BCE
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The Monotheists: Jews and Persians 1200-550 BCE
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The Ancient Greeks: From Arrival to Glory 2000–479 BCE
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The Classical and Hellenistic Ages 479–30 BCE
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Romans and Republicans 753-27 BCE
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Rome’s Empire 27-305 CE
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The Rise of Christianity in a Roman World 40-300 CE
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The Early Middle Ages 300-750
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The Expansive Realm of Islam 30-900
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Reform and Renewal in the Greater West 750-1258
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Worlds Brought Down 1258-1453
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From Westphalia to Paris: Regimes Old and New 1648-1750
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Chapter 1 Key Terms Activity
Water and Soil, Stone and Metal: The First Civilizations 10,000-12,000 BCE
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The Monotheists: Jews and Persians 1200-550 BCE
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The Classical and Hellenistic Ages 479–30 BCE
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Romans and Republicans 753-27 BCE
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The Early Middle Ages 300-750
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The Expansive Realm of Islam 30-900
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Reform and Renewal in the Greater West 750-1258
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Worlds Brought Down 1258-1453
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Renaissances and Reformations 1350-1563
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Worlds Old and New 1450-1700
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From Westphalia to Paris: Regimes Old and New 1648-1750
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Chapter 1 Note Taking Guide
Water and Soil, Stone and Metal: The First Civilizations 10,000-12,000 BCE
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Water and Soil, Stone and Metal: The First Civilizations 10,000-12,000 BCE
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Reform and Renewal in the Greater West 750-1258
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Worlds Brought Down 1258-1453
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From Westphalia to Paris: Regimes Old and New 1648-1750
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Chapter 1 Closer Look
Water and Soil, Stone and Metal: The First Civilizations 10,000-12,000 BCE
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The Early Middle Ages 300-750
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The Expansive Realm of Islam 30-900
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Reform and Renewal in the Greater West 750-1258
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Worlds Brought Down 1258-1453
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Worlds Old and New 1450-1700
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From Westphalia to Paris: Regimes Old and New 1648-1750
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Chapter 1 Interactive Map
Water and Soil, Stone and Metal: The First Civilizations 10,000-12,000 BCE
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Water and Soil, Stone and Metal: The First Civilizations 10,000-12,000 BCE
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BBC Video: Catal Hoyuk
Water and Soil, Stone and Metal: The First Civilizations 10,000-12,000 BCE
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Worlds Old and New 1450-1700
BBC Video: Tupaia
Worlds Old and New 1450-1700
Shamash Hymn, ca. 2000–1600 BCE
Water and Soil, Stone and Metal: The First Civilizations 10,000-12,000 BCE
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"Poem of the Righteous Sufferer," ca. 2000–1600 BCE
Water and Soil, Stone and Metal: The First Civilizations 10,000-12,000 BCE
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"Tale of Sinuhe," Earliest MS ca. 1800 BCE
Water and Soil, Stone and Metal: The First Civilizations 10,000-12,000 BCE
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"Epic of Gilgamesh," 18th Century–7th Century BCE
Water and Soil, Stone and Metal: The First Civilizations 10,000-12,000 BCE
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From the Laws of Hammurabi, ca. 1772 BCE
Water and Soil, Stone and Metal: The First Civilizations 10,000-12,000 BCE
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"Loyalist Teaching," ca. 1550–1000 BCE
Water and Soil, Stone and Metal: The First Civilizations 10,000-12,000 BCE
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Egyptian Book of the Dead: "Negative Confession," in use ca. 1550–50 BCE
Water and Soil, Stone and Metal: The First Civilizations 10,000-12,000 BCE
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Great Hymn to the Aton, 14th Century BCE
Water and Soil, Stone and Metal: The First Civilizations 10,000-12,000 BCE
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Creating, Destroying, and Renewing the World: Genesis, Chapters 1-8
The Monotheists: Jews and Persians 1200-550 BCE
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Book of Exodus: Moses and Pharaoh, Chapters 7, 11–12, and 14
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Book of Jeremiah, Prophecy to Israel, Chapters 7 and 8, written ca. 6th Century BCE
The Monotheists: Jews and Persians 1200-550 BCE
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First Book of Kings, King Solomon and the Temple, Chapters 6–8, ca. 10th Century BCE
The Monotheists: Jews and Persians 1200-550 BCE
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The Book of Jonah: Prophecy, Penance, and Resistance, ca. 400 BCE
The Monotheists: Jews and Persians 1200-550 BCE
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The Cyrus Cylinder, ca. 539 BCE
The Monotheists: Jews and Persians 1200-550 BCE
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Hesiod, Works and Days, last third of 8th Century BCE
The Ancient Greeks: From Arrival to Glory 2000–479 BCE
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Homer, The Iliad, 8th Century BCE
The Ancient Greeks: From Arrival to Glory 2000–479 BCE
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The Beginning of Historical Writing: Herodotus and Thucydides
The Ancient Greeks: From Arrival to Glory 2000–479 BCE
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Herodotus on the Egyptians, from the Histories, ca. 450–420 BCE
The Ancient Greeks: From Arrival to Glory 2000–479 BCE
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Thucydides, Peloponnesian War, early 5th Century BCE
The Ancient Greeks: From Arrival to Glory 2000–479 BCE
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Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound (undated; 5th Century)
The Classical and Hellenistic Ages 479–30 BCE
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Plato, Symposium, 385–380 BCE
The Classical and Hellenistic Ages 479–30 BCE
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Aristotle, "On the Elements of Tragedy" (Poetics, Book VI), ca. 335 BCE
The Classical and Hellenistic Ages 479–30 BCE
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Diogenes Laërtius, “Life of Zeno of Citium,” The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers, ca. first half of 3rd Century ce
The Classical and Hellenistic Ages 479–30 BCE
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Book of Ezra, Rebuilding the Temple, Chapters 1–3, 5–6, written ca. mid-5th Century BCE
The Classical and Hellenistic Ages 479–30 BCE
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The Battle of Cannae (216 BCE), from Livy, From the Founding of the City, Book 22, Chapters 34-57
Romans and Republicans 753-27 BCE
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The Land Law of Tiberius Gracchus (133 BCE)
Romans and Republicans 753-27 BCE
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Virgil, The Aeneid, between 29 and 19 BCE
Romans and Republicans 753-27 BCE
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Eulogy for a Wife: "In Praise of Turia" (1st century BCE)
Romans and Republicans 753-27 BCE
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Epictetus, Enchiridion, I, V, XIV, recorded early 2nd Century CE
Rome’s Empire 27-305 CE
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Tacitus, Histories, before 117 CE
Rome’s Empire 27-305 CE
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From Suetonius, Lives of the Twelve Caesars: Caligula; Claudius, ca. 119 CE
Rome’s Empire 27-305 CE
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Marcus Aurelius, Meditations, ca. 170–180 CE
Rome’s Empire 27-305 CE
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The Third-Century Imperial-Succession Crisis
Rome’s Empire 27-305 CE
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Josephus, The Jewish War, ca. 75 CE
The Rise of Christianity in a Roman World 40-300 CE
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Pliny the Younger, Letters, 97–112 CE
The Rise of Christianity in a Roman World 40-300 CE
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Celsus/Origen, Contra Celsus, Book I, Chapters 6, 28; Book III, Chapter 62; Book IV, Chapter 73; Book VIII, Chapters 41, 49, 55; ca. 177 CE
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The Nicene Creed, Two Versions
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Minucius Felix, Octavius, Chapter 30, "Ritual Cannibalism Charge against Christians," 3rd Century CE
The Rise of Christianity in a Roman World 40-300 CE
The Gospel of Thomas, 4th Century, ca. 4th century CE
The Rise of Christianity in a Roman World 40-300 CE
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Augustine of Hippo, Seventh Discourse on the Gospel of John
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The Early Middle Ages 300-750
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Gildas, On the Ruin and Conquest of Britain, ca. 525–ca. 540 CE
The Early Middle Ages 300-750
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The Early Middle Ages 300-750
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Gregory the Great, “Life of St. Benedict,” 593 CE
The Early Middle Ages 300-750
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The Early Middle Ages 300-750
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Dhuoda, Handbook for William, 841/843 CE
The Early Middle Ages 300-750
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Excerpts from the Qur'an, 7th Century CE
The Expansive Realm of Islam 30-900
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Maimonides, Guide for the Perplexed, 12th Century
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Einhard, Life of Charlemagne, written ca. 817–833
Reform and Renewal in the Greater West 750-1258
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Pope Gregory VII, Letters
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Peter Abelard, Sic et Non
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Otto of Freising, The Two Cities
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From "Song of Roland," ca. 1140–ca. 1170
Reform and Renewal in the Greater West 750-1258
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Trotula of Salerno, Handbook on the Maladies of Women, c. 1200
Reform and Renewal in the Greater West 750-1258
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A Muslim Traveler Describes the Rus: excerpt from Ibn Fadlan's Risala, c. 921 CE
Reform and Renewal in the Greater West 750-1258
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Dante Alighieri, Three Speeches from The Divine Comedy
Worlds Brought Down 1258-1453
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Dante Alighieri, The Divine Comedy, "Paolo and Francesco in Hell"
Worlds Brought Down 1258-1453
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Boccaccio, "The Great Plague"
Worlds Brought Down 1258-1453
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Julian of Norwich, Revelations of Divine Love, after 1373
Worlds Brought Down 1258-1453
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From Froissart, "On Flagellants," 1369–1400
Worlds Brought Down 1258-1453
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Jakob Twinger, Chronicle, ca. 1382–1420
Worlds Brought Down 1258-1453
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Petrarca, "Letter to Posterity"
Renaissances and Reformations 1350-1563
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From Ariosto, Orlando Furioso (Mad Orlando), 1516
Renaissances and Reformations 1350-1563
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Machiavelli, Discourses on Livy, ca. 1517
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Erasmus, "Letter to a Friend," "Julius Excluded from Heaven," and Introduction to the Gospels, first published 1522
Renaissances and Reformations 1350-1563
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Martin Luther, On the Freedom of a Christian, dedicatory letter to Pope Leo X (1520)
Renaissances and Reformations 1350-1563
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Martin Luther, "Preface to the New Testament," first published 1522
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Francesco Guicciardini, Florence under Lorenzo de' Medici
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Cellini, My Life, 1558–1563
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Vasari, Lives of Artists, first published in 1550, revised and added to until 1568
Renaissances and Reformations 1350-1563
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Bartolomé de las Casas, A Short Account, written 1542; published 1552
Worlds Old and New 1450-1700
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Nicolaus Copernicus, Dedication of The Revolutions of the Heavenly Bodies to Pope Paul III (1543)
Worlds Old and New 1450-1700
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Galileo Galilei, Letter to Don Benedetto Castelli, December 21, 1613
Worlds Old and New 1450-1700
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John Donne, Sermon (December 12, 1626); "To His Mistress Going to Bed" (1633)
Worlds Old and New 1450-1700
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Descartes, A Discourse on Method, 1637
Worlds Old and New 1450-1700
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The Jesuit Relations, French North America, 1649
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Thomas Hobbes, "On Natural Law," Leviathan, 1651
Worlds Old and New 1450-1700
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Anne of France, Lessons for My Daughter (late 16th Century)
From Westphalia to Paris: Regimes Old and New 1648-1750
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Molière, The Misanthrope, first performed 1666
From Westphalia to Paris: Regimes Old and New 1648-1750
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Cardinal Richelieu, "The Role of the King," Political Testament, ca. 1638, first published 1688
From Westphalia to Paris: Regimes Old and New 1648-1750
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Jean Domat, Civil Laws According to the Natural Order, 1697
From Westphalia to Paris: Regimes Old and New 1648-1750
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François Fénelon, The Adventures of Telemachus, 1699
From Westphalia to Paris: Regimes Old and New 1648-1750
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