Primary Sources: England

The divine rights of Kings -- The common law -- Parlimentary constitutionalism -- Godly rule and toleration -- Democracy and communism -- Usurpation and tyrannicide -- The science of liberty -- The domestication of man.

Writings about the plague.

This book will appeal to readership interested in the seventeenth-century. The extracts range from private diaries and letters to literary works and formal constitutional programmes.

Diaries written by 17th century Englishman Samuel Pepys. Contains first hand accounts of the time of Restoration, the Plague, and the Great Fire.

primary sources from the era encompassing the political, religious, and social tumult of the English Civil War. With a focus on Britain in the seventeenth century and covering topics such as astrology, scurrilous pamphlet wars, witch-hunts and trials, and the execution of King Charles I.