Princes and Peoples: France and the British Isles, 1620-1714: An Anthology of Primary Sources

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Margaret Lucille Kekewich
Manchester University Press, 1994 - 257 pages
This anthology focuses on Britain and France in a period critical to their development as great powers. Its emphasis is on the regions and nations of which these two states were composed, rather than on the monolithic states. The documents illustrate many facets of their history, from the personal to the constitutional and, in particular, reflect the development of absolutism in France and of limited monarchy in England and other parts of the British Isles. Additionally, the documents indicate the social, religious and political trends that influenced the direction of change. Some of the documents have been drawn from unpublished 17th- and early 18th-century sources, and a number are translated from French for the first time.
 

Contents

Instructions for levying the poor rate in the parish of St Martin
4
Howells Familiar Letters from Edinburgh and from Dublin 1639
21
An extract from Abraham van der Doorts catalogue of
27
The speech of Oliver St John in the ship money case 16378
33
Abraham de Wicquefort describing the Fronde 1648
40
The Venetian Ambassador on the Origins of the Ormée 1652
43
The Report of the Baron de Lanta on his visit to the Court 1657
50
The Humble Petition and Advice 1657
57
The Exclusion Bill 1680
163
Proclamation of the Duke of Monmouth on taking the title of king
165
Scots Act of Security 1704
166
The Code Paysan Brittany 1675
169
Articles of Impeachment against Henry Sacheverell 1710
171
Colberts Summary of royal finances 1680
172
SaintSimon describes Louis XIV and his court
174
The Revocation of the Edict of Nantes 1685
177

Society and culture 16201714
63
The Just Defence of John Lilburne 1653
77
Pierre Bayle Concerning Obscenities 1699
84
Richard Baxters Account of his Ministry 164760
90
A Letter Concerning Toleration by John Locke 1685
97
Sexual offences before the ecclesiastical courts at Stratfordupon
99
Visitation articles of the Diocese of Hereford 1662
101
A Magistrate at work in Restoration England 166388
103
Objections to ship money in Kent 1637
106
Avoidance of the taille at Lyon 1634
107
A peasant revolt of Saintonge and Angoumois 1636
108
The duties of the Intendants Colberts instructions 1680
110
The Clubmen of Dorset and Wiltshire 1645
112
The articles of the Ormée of Bordeaux 1651
114
Recommendations for sustaining peace of the Highlands 1684
115
A Charge to Quarter Sessions 1692
117
Instructions for building houses in the Grande Rue at Richelieu
120
Extracts from the Register of Passports for Vagrants in Salisbury
121
Regulations for the Hungerford Almshouses at Corsham
122
Edict of Louis XIV for the founding of the first Hôpital Général in Paris 1656 and 1662
126
B Edict of 1662
127
An Act Against Conjuration Witchcraft etc 1604
128
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129
Statement of Marie Nicaise
131
The family troubles of William Stout 16911709
133
Bossuet and Beuvelet on marriage and the family A Bossuet on marriage and the family 1687
134
B Beuvelet on marriage and the family 1669
135
Sir Robert Filmer In Praise of the Virtuous Wife n d
139
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Parliaments and kings 16601714
153
39
159
Three Official Letters from Colbert A To Chamillart Intendant at Caen
161
To Ménars Intendant at Paris
162
The Test Act 1673
181
The Declaration for Liberty of Conscience 1687
184
The Bill of Rights 1689
186
Scots Acts Anent in relation to Peace and War 1703
191
Two NuPieds poems of 1639
197
B To Normandy
199
on royal authority 1631
201
Extracts from de Morgues writings in defence of the Queen
203
Speech by Charles I to the Lords and Commons 1626
204
Sir Robert Filmer extract from Patriarcha c 1640
205
Mary Astell A Serious Proposal to the Ladies 16947
206
An Agreement of the People 1647
207
Thomas Hobbes Leviathan 1651
209
Extracts from Louis XIVs Mémoires A Louis XIV on obedience to the king c 1667
212
Louis XIV on war peace and prestige 1710
213
Bossuet on the Divine Right of Kings A From a Letter to Louis XIV 1675
214
B From Polity drawn from Holy Writ 1709
215
B Of the Court ii
216
Of the Sovereign and the State ii
217
A The abilities of the King
218
B The Kings manners and tastes
219
The Revocation of the Edict of Nantes
220
The King with his armies
221
Pierre Bayle The Great Contest of Faith and Reason 1686
222
Letter to Louis XIV c 1694
225
Two contemporary pamphlets A Pamphlet by Andrew Fletcher 1697
228
B Pamphlet by John Toland 1698
229
a letter of 1665
231
Stage directions by Thomas Shadwell for his production of
237
Sir John Bramstons account of the debates of the Kings speech
243
Soldiers as salt smugglers 1711
249
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Dr Margaret Kekewith is a retired Open University history lecturer who has written on a wide range of subjects from the late middle ages to the nineteenth century.

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