Synopsis
Preface. How to Read a Document. IV. THE ANCIENT RÉGIME. The Wars of Religion. 68. Francois Hotman, Francogallia (1573). 69. Henry IV, The Edict of Nantes (1598). 70. William of Orange, Apology (1580). 71. Cardinal Richelieu, The Political Testament (1638). 72. Hans von Grimmelshausen, Simplicissimus (1669). Subjects and Sovereigns. 73. James I, True Law of a Free Monarchy (1598). 74. Philippe Duplessis-Mornay, A Defense of Liberty Against Tyrants (1579). 75. Sir William Clarke, The Putney Debates (1647). 76. Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan (1651). 77. John Locke, The Second Treatise Concerning Government. 78. Duc de Saint-Simon, Memoirs (1694-1723). Science and Commerce. 79. Galileo Galilei, Letter to the Grand Duchess Christina (1615). 80. Rene Descartes, Discourse on Method (1637). 81. Thomas Mun, England's Treasure by Foreign Trade (1664). 82. Adam Smith, The Wealth of Nations (1776). Enlightened Monarchy. 83. Catherine the Great, Memoirs (ca. 1755). 84. Maria Theresa, Testament (1749-50). 85. Viscount Bolingbroke, The Idea of a Patriot King (1749). The Enlightenment. 86. Voltaire, Candide (1759). 87. Jean-Jacques Rousseau, The Social Contract (1762). 88. *Joseph Crassons de Medevil, Notes on the Slave Trade. 89. Montesquieu, Spirit of the Laws (1748). 90. Thomas Jefferson, The Declaration of Independence (1776). 91. Cesare Beccaria, On Crimes and Punishments (1764). 92. Marquis de Condorcet, The Progress of the Human Mind (1793). The French Revolution. 93. Abbe de Sieyes, What Is the Third Estate? (1789). 94. The Declaration of the Rights of Man (1789); Olympe de Gouges, The Declaration of the Rights of Woman (1791). 95. Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France (1790). 96. Jakob Walter, Memoirs (ca. 1849). V. THE AGE OF REFORM. Industrialization in Britain. 97. Arthur Young, Political Arithmetic (1774). 98. Samuel Smiles,