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| | The 17th Century |
 | | Early maneuvers of this sort, such as those of Malebranche, Spinoza, Leibniz, and the French materialists La Mettrie and Cabanis, were formulated in the context of metaphysics, in direct response to Cartesian dualism. | | | The history of philosophizing about the relation of body and mind since Descartes is the history of attempts to escape the Cartesian impasse. | | | In the later half of the 19th century, as we shall see, dual-aspect theories underwent a revival. |
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http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/Mind/17th.html
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| | 17th Century Europe |
| | Women's necklines dropped precipitously among the fashionable (in warm weather), while remaining thoroughly covered in linen among the conservative middle class. | | | This is the style people associate with The Three Musketeers of Alexandre Dumas and Edmond Rostand's Cyrano de Bergerac. | | | The dress of the poor is noticeably more ragged in this period, as the "Beggar" engravings of Jacques Callot will attest, because in many parts of Europe the peasantry were being displaced from their homes in large numbers by either the numerous religious wars of the period, or the Agricultural Revolution. |
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http://www.costumes.org/classes/fashiondress/17thCent.htm
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| | 17th Century : History, Page 1, 17th Century, History,17th Century, Renaissance, 17th Century, History, ... |
| | However, at this writing it appears that the page has not been updated since May 1999. | | | Mathematicians of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries- Available here are accounts of the lives and works of seventeenth and eighteenth century mathematicians (and some other scientists), adapted from A Short Account of the History of Mathematics by W. Rouse Ball (4th Edition, 1908). | | | Join the Renaissance & 17th Century Listserve/Discussion group. |
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http://www.17thcenturynet.net/17.british.history.page.1.html
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| | 17th Century |
| | His persuasive tracts soliciting immigrants attracted some three thousand new citizens within a year of his arrival and the colony continued to expand steadily. | | | Through the favour of Charles II he was granted land on the Delaware and Susquehanna rivers for his "holy experiment". | | | In the early seventeenth century the right to this region was disputed by the English, Dutch and Swedes, but very little settlement took place until Penn secured proprietary rights in 1681. |
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http://special.lib.gla.ac.uk/exhibns/Americana/17th_century.html
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| | Reconstructing History — Fashion in the 17th century |
| | These will take to you to every nook and cranny of Reconstructing History. | | | The century began with the height of Elizabethan gaudiness and ended with the decadent costumes of the Sun King's Court. | | | The 17th century was certainly a period of extremes. |
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http://www.reconstructinghistory.com/17thc
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| | Tanning in the 17th Century |
| | Send email comments reference this page to kirk_kehrberg@nps.gov | | | Whether a pouch, a horse bridle, a sword scabbard or a book cover, a leather article was created from the skin of a slaughtered beast in a laborious and often unpleasant process. | | | Although an archeologist would be fortunate indeed to unearth a piece of 17th Century leather, this product was an important one for both daily life and special purposes in the Virginia colony. |
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http://www.nps.gov/colo/Jthanout/Tanning.html
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| | 17th Century English Recipes |
| | Please consider a donation via PayPal to help us remain on the Internet. | | | A collection of late-16th and 17th century English recipes and receipts presented in their original language, all transcribed from primary sources. | | | Illustration: detail from the cover of The Accomplish'd Lady's Delight, 1675 |
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http://www.godecookery.com/engrec/engrec.html#breads
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| | Magazine Antiques: 17th century AD |
| | With the rise of liberalism in the mid-nineteenth century, including the assertion of the freedom to establish a business, the guild system and the hall courts fell by the wayside. | | | Sweden's population in 1625 is estimated to have been approximately 1.1 million. | | | Looking glasses were manufactured in the cities, and that was where most of them were owned until the nineteenth century. |
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http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1026/is_4_166/ai_n6249246
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| | 17th century antiques |
| | This may reveal the operators 17th century antiques integrity The easiest way to work out who is at the back of the 17th century antiques website is to look on the 'about' page or 'contact' page. | | | A great hint to follow when you are presented with information or advice on a 17th century antiques web would be to determine who owns the site. | | | When you are trying to find top-quality advice about 17th century antiques, it will be easier said than done sorting out quality information from ill-equiped 17th century antiques proposals and support so it's astute to know ways of moderating the information presented to you. |
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http://www.magazine-matters.info/antiques/17th-century-antiques.htm
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| | 17th century - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | As a means of recording the passage of time, the 17th century was that century which lasted from 1601-1700 in the Gregorian calendar. | | | The Shah Mosque in Isfahan, Iran (completed 1638) is considered to be one of the world's greatest architectural achievements. | | | 16th century - 17th century - 18th century |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/17th_century
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| | 17th Century Petticoats |
| | Having said that, however, many people will argue that it was common, was unknown, or other than stated here. | | | This also apparently goes for court dress, at least in France, for the entire later century. | | | First of all, I know that many websites have articles on making a smock, but most do not cover how to make one that is adaptable for 17th century wear. |
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http://www.marquise.de/en/1600/howto/petticoat.shtml
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| | boys clothes: 17th century |
| | This began to change in the 17th century. | | | This was a garment worn by French school children into the 20th centuries. | | | A boy from a wealthy family of the era might wear a pailetted buff-colored velvet suit of the type that would have been a small version of his father's clothes. |
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http://histclo.com/chron/c1600.html
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| | At the beginning of the century men still wore the garments of the later Middle Ages: doublet, breeches and hose, and a cape. | | | The wig was introduced by Louis XIV to mask his increasing baldness after his originally magnificent head of curly hair had set the fashion. | | | Powdered white or gray, large and elaborate or small and neat, the wig replaced men's natural hair at any social occasion until the French Revolution, at court functions for another 30 years after that, and in the law courts of Great Britain to this day. |
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http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Acres/7631/costume5.html
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| | 17th Century |
| | More than a religious conflict between Protestants and Catholics, it was also a power struggle within and between kingdoms. | | | The first half of the seventeenth century is shaped by the last of the great wars of religion, The Thirty Years War (1618-1648). | | | The Glorious Revolution of 1689 set England on the path of limited, constitutional, and, ultimately, democratic government. |
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http://faculty.ucc.edu/egh-damerow/17th_century.htm
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| | History: 17th century |
| | Jean Boiseul, in his1606 Traité contre les danses called the courante, branle and galliard immoral), the puritans of early 17th century England were particularly loud in their condemnation of pastime. | | | The 12th edition in 1703, Henry's final before his death, contained 354 dances and tunes of which only 84 had been printed before in his father's editions. | | | Not till near the end of the century, when Charles II started the process of replacing theocratic governments with political appointees, did the balance of power in the colony began to shift and 'mixt' dancing become more acceptable. |
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http://www.earthlydelights.com.au/history3.htm
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| | 17th Century Costume Links at The Costumer's Manifesto |
| | Polish Jewish dress in the 17th and 18th century | | | MaraRiley.net dedicated to 17th and 18th century costume in Europe and the American colonies. | | | Of Men and Their Elegance: 1660s-1770s The Advent of the 3 piece suit |
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http://www.costumes.org/history/100pages/17thlinks.htm
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| | 17th Century New England |
| | I have compiled these links to help people who are doing research on the web on the topic of the Salem Witch Trials of 1692, and by extension anything to do with 17th Century Colonial New England. | | | Primary Sources [63 links] -- These are texts of writings from the 17th century -- including court papers and first-person accounts of events. | | | Because I get a lot of requests from students in primary and secondary schools for help on this topic, I have paid special attention to include links to resources for young people who are working on projects for school, but many of the links are to areas of general interest to people of all ages. |
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http://www.17thc.us
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| | 17th Century Women Poets: Home |
| | Aemilia Lanyer’s passionate re-interpretation of the Fall is one of the more daring examples of a 17th century woman writer trying to define her role in terms strinkingly different from established beliefs and concepts. | | | And Lanyer was not the only woman who ventured to put her views into print. | | | These pages list some of the currently available Internet resources: biographical and bibliographical information on particular poets, selected poems, articles from electronic journals, some online resources on 17th century history and culture, pictures, a course outline and a bibliography. |
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http://www.uni-koeln.de/phil-fak/englisch/kurse/17c
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| | 17th Century Women Poets: Bibliography |
| | A Nation of Change and Novelty: Radical Politics, Religion and Literature in 17th Century England. | | | The Age of Milton: Backgrounds to Seventeenth-Century Literature. | | | "The Muses Common-Weale": Poetry and Politics in the Seventeenth Century. |
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http://www.uni-koeln.de/phil-fak/englisch/kurse/17c/bibliogr.htm
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| | 17th Century |
| | Isaac the Blacksmith would have had a limited life span as would Mary Humphries and their Children. | | | This series of articles will deal with the 17th Century from the Commonwealth under Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector and up to the turn of the century when the Ferdinand(o) story begins in earnest. | | | The London of the 17th Century was significantly different to the London we know today. |
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http://www.ferdinando.org.uk/17th.htm
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| | 18th Century Resources: Theatre History on the Web |
| | Maintained by Luminarium, which "is the labor of love of Anniina Jokinen. | | | Florimène An overview of the 17th century English court masque, developed by students in the School of Drama, University of Washington. | | | The site is not affiliated with any institution, is sponsored by no-one, nor does it generate any profit." See also the full listing of 17th Century authors. |
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http://www.videoccasions-nw.com/history/jw17th.html
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| | 17TH Cen Reenacting & Living History Resources |
| | This site contains 17th century, Thirty Years War and English Civil War pamphlets, news sheets and other documents in full text format. | | | While you are there take a look at the others there are some interesting texts. | | | I have just added some political and civilian ballads of the first half of the century. |
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http://www.lukehistory.com/resources
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| | 17th Century |
| | A large book clasp, probably from a family Bible. | | | A 17th C. Nuremberg jetton depicting Charles II and struck by a member of the Lauffers family. | | | An unusual Tin token, possibly German, and of the 16th - 17th century. |
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http://homepage.ntlworld.com/freemansmith/17th.htm
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| | Additional Sources for 17th Century English Literature |
| | Florimène at the Court of Charles I: the Court Masque - UWashington | | | Classical MIDI Archive: Composers born before the 17th century - Pierre R. Schwob | | | as many of the resources are also applicable for the 17th century. |
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http://www.luminarium.org/sevenlit/sevenadd.htm
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| | Jeff & Caroline's pages of 17th Century Stuff |
| | Click on the buttons on the left to find out more... | | | 17th Century Stays - a brief history and how to make them. | | | Jeff and Caroline's pages of 17th Century Stuff |
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http://www.12eyes.co.uk
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| | Mathematicians of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries |
| | Available here are accounts of the lives and works of seventeenth and eighteenth century mathematicians (and some other scientists), adapted from | | | These biographies constitute part of the collection of online material relating to the history of mathematics at the School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin. |
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http://www.maths.tcd.ie/pub/HistMath/People/RBallHist.html
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| | ART HISTORY RESOURCES: Part 10 17th-Century Baroque Art |
| | German Artists in the Seventeenth Century (through the Web Gallery of Art, created by Emil Kren and Daniel Marx) | | | Flemish Artists in the Seventeenth Century (through the Web Gallery of Art, created by Emil Kren and Daniel Marx) | | | Spanish Artists in the Seventeenth Century (through the Web Gallery of Art, created by Emil Kren and Daniel Marx) |
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http://witcombe.sbc.edu/ARTHbaroque.html
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| | Gazetteer for Scotland: Scottish History Timeline: 17th Century |
| | General Thomas (Tam) Dalyell of the Binns ("Bluidy Tam") born - Royalist soldier, who became an important figure in the turbulent times of the mid-17th Century | | | George Keith (5th Earl Marischal) died - Member of the family which had been hereditary Great Marischals of Scotland from the 12th Century | | | Duncan Forbes of Culloden born - Statesman and jurist |
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http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/scotgaz/timeline1699.html
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| | 17th-Century Philosophy |
| | Spinoza in English:A Bibliography from the Seventeenth Century to the Present Wayne I. Boucher |
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http://www.thoemmes.com/17thcentury.htm
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| | 17th_Century |
| | 10,3 : Russia in the beginning of the XVIIth century. | | | France gets to know by them some of its most beautiful hours of glory. | | | The Great Britain Royal family in the beginning of the century |
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http://www.angelfire.com/biz/Nosty/quatrains17.html
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| | HOASM: The Italian Seicento (17th Century) |
| | Its essential means of exxpression was the solo song, which became a new vehicle for expressing human emotion. | | | At the beginning of the seventeenth century opera was born in Florence,derived partly from the development of musical dialogs, and partly from the efforts of the Humanists to revive classical tragedy. | | | The Italian preference for stringed instruments led to the classical age of violin making. |
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http://www.hoasm.org/PeriodV.html
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| | 17th Century Antiques |
| | In solid carved walnut, the bride's having three jewelry drawers behind a single door, the groom's having a single large drawer across the bottom. | | | The remaining nineteen items in our 17th Century Antiques category have been sold. | | | Pair of late 17th century, Spanish marriage caixa |
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http://www.faccents.com/17th-century-2.html
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| | Poems by 17th Century Dramatists |
| | - An index of poems by dramatists of the nineteenth century. | | | - An overview of Spanish drama, from its beginnings to the end of the seventeenth century. | | | - An index of poems by dramatists of the sixteenth century. |
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http://www.poetry-archive.com/collections/17th_century_dramatists.html
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