17th century

A short biography of seventeenth-century America leader, Roger Williams, who founded the colony of Rhode Island as a haven for those of all religious beliefs.

Examines the life of sixteenth-century playwright and poet William Shakespeare, discussing major events and influences that shaped his work. Includes illustrations from the collections of the British Library.

A little girl seeks to regain her father's attention during the tulipomania craze in seventeenth-century Holland.

Gives a picture of English society and institutions just prior to America's colonization.

A new translation of the French drama set in seventeenth-century France telling of Cyrano de Bergera's secret love for Roxane.

A group of West Virginians accidentally plunged into the seventeenth-century in the midst of the Thirty Years' War uncover Spanish inquisitor Cardinal Gaspar Borja y Velasco's plot to weaken support for Pope Urban.

Presents the classic play about an unattractive swordsman who falls in love with a beautiful woman but courts her for a handsome but slow-witted suitor; and contains a timeline of significant events, outline of themes and plots, explanatory notes, and critical analysis.

Covers political and religious development as well as economic, social and intellectual history during the reign of the Stuarts in England from 1603-1714.