Documents tagged with 17th century

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Famous Men 16th&17th Century v2

28 biographies from Queen Elizabeth I (who came to the throne in 1560) through King Louis XIV who died in 1715. The 17th century was an age of religious wars and revolutions. The French had seven c...
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  • rgshearer published this 12 / 04 / 2009
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Courage--- Allen M. Baker

Simon Schama in his book, The Embarrassment of Riches, writes of the golden era of Dutch life, the 17th century. The Netherlands at that time, though a very small nation, was a colonial power, th...
  • hcesquivel8903 published this 09 / 03 / 2009
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Museum of London object of the month September 2009

Each month the Museum of London offers an insight into fascinating objects from its vast collection.
  • Museum of London published this 08 / 26 / 2009
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Bitterness and Relational Destruction---Allen M. Baker

Richard Cameron, the Lion of the Covenant, the powerful Scottish Covenanter preacher of the 17th century, along with so many other preachers, was driven from his pulpit by Charles II of England. ...
  • hcesquivel8903 published this 08 / 18 / 2009
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Who Wrote Shakespeare ?

UNIVERSITY LECTURE on Who Wrote Shakespeare. This talk reviews the main candidates, why the issue matters,concludes that Amelia Bassano Lanier is the most likely candidate, who fits the rare knowle...
  • JohnHud published this 07 / 30 / 2009
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AWAKENING

The amoral, headstrong tax crime investigator bachelorette tries to “nail” a recently orphaned graduate student but becomes entangled in her own snare. The chain of events she and her mother precip...
  • Peter Pogany published this 07 / 27 / 2009
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Amelia's Signatures on the Plays

The 3 swans dying to music in the Shakespearean plays form a literary signature, a classical device that acted as sort of copyright proving that the plays were written by Amelia Bassano Lanier (...
  • JohnHud published this 05 / 30 / 2009
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The Tenth Gift, by Jane Johnson - Excerpt

In an expensive London restaurant, Julia Lovat receives a gift that will change her life. At first glance it is a book of exquisite 17th-century embroidery patterns belonging to a woman named Cathe...
  • CrownPublishingGroup published this 05 / 26 / 2009
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Whitman

This is an essay that I wrote in American Literature class last fall. The prompt was something about comparing Whitman with Pilgrim-Puritan writers of the 17th century.
  • CNAChu published this 01 / 30 / 2009
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Newtons Sleep - Online Edition

A richly written science fiction novel of strange happenings in 17th century England, written by Daniel O'Mahony and first published in print form by Random Static Ltd in 2008. "Newtons Sleep is...
  • randomstatic published this 01 / 17 / 2009
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