Chan - 17th Century 1

Les "Lettres de Madame de Sévigné" se présentent comme un témoignage vivant de la France du XVIIe siècle, une époque marquée par l'élégance de la cour et les tumultes de la Fronde. À travers un styl……続きを見る

Having arriving in the Province of Maine in 1641 with a brief to create both government and law for the fledgling colony, Thomas Gorges later recorded his policy as having ’steared as neere as we co……続きを見る

In a famous letter Keats has expounded life under the similitude of Chambers. There is first the Thoughtless Chamber, when man lives only for sensation; then comes the Chamber of Maiden Thought, whe……続きを見る

Dara Shukoh -- the emperor Shah Jahan's favourite son, and heir-apparent to the Mughal throne prior to being defeated by Aurangzib -- has sometimes been portrayed as an effete prince, incompetent in……続きを見る

400 years ago this November the most ambitious and extraordinary plot ever conceived in this country came close to success: the attempt by Guy Fawkes and his fellow conspirators to destroy in a sing……続きを見る

‘Every student of the seventeenth century in England must desire sooner or later to have his say about its greatest figure. So says John Buchan in the preface to this magnificent biography, in which……続きを見る