17th Century


The 17th century was the century that lasted from January 1, 1601, to December 31, 1700, in the Gregorian calendar. The 17th century falls into the Early Modern period of Europe and in that continent was characterized by the Dutch Golden Age, the Baroque cultural movement, the French Grand Siècle dominated by Louis XIV, the Scientific Revolution, and The General Crisis.

The First Witch of Boston
Skylark
Hour of the Witch
The King's Messenger
Act of Oblivion
We Are Green and Trembling
Costanza
The Map of Bones (The Joubert Family Chronicles, #4)
The Ghost Ship (The Joubert Family Chronicles, #3)
A Poisoner's Tale
Dawnlands (The Fairmile #3)
The Maiden
The Manningtree Witches
The Poison Keeper (Tofana, #1)
The Village Healer’s Book of Cures
Macbeth: Moment by Moment
Hamlet
Don Quixote
Othello
Paradise Lost
The Tempest
King Lear
Twelfth Night
Girl with a Pearl Earring
The Miniaturist (The Miniaturist, #1)
Year of Wonders
Oroonoko
Tartuffe
The Winter's Tale
Antony and Cleopatra
A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William ShakespeareKing Lear by William ShakespeareHamlet by William ShakespeareThe Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey ChaucerParadise Lost by John Milton
Best Renaissance Literature
59 books — 6 voters
Corrag by Susan  FletcherThe Tacksman's Daughter by Donna  ScottGlencoe by John PrebbleTreachery by Night by Ann RuffellThe Ghosts of Glencoe by Mollie Hunter
Glencoe
23 books — 7 voters

The Familiars by Stacey HallsWicked Enchantments by Joyce FroomeThe Lancashire Witches by William Harrison AinsworthThe Gisburn Witch by Sarah L. KingMurder by Witchcraft by Karen Perkins
Pendle Witches Fiction
12 books — 6 voters

The Overflowing of Friendship by Richard GodbeerLeft to Themselves by Edward Prime-StevensonAmerican Hunks by David L. ChapmanThe Grand Affair by Paul FisherQueering the Color Line by Siobhan B. Somerville
Queering America Before 1920
62 books — 2 voters
The World Turned Upside Down by Christopher      HillGod's Englishman by Christopher      HillThe English Civil War by Diane PurkissCavaliers and Roundheads by Christopher HibbertThe Major Works by John Milton
The English Civil Wars 1640 - 1660
95 books — 36 voters


Mike Dash
...the disease killed eight thousand...between its first appearance in October 1635 and its eventual disappearance in July 1637...The appalling impact of the plague had two significant consequences. One was that it created a shortage of labor and thus resulted in a rise in wages as employers competed for man-power.
Mike Dash, Tulipomania: The Story of the World's Most Coveted Flower & the Extraordinary Passions It Aroused

Charles Cordell
The horse’s hooves crashed out on the stone floor, echoing in the arched entrance. Ahead, the nave stretched, vast, empty, bathed in colour; the winter sun streaming through stained glass between great arches. The horse snorted, its measured steps ringing out on the flagstones and tombs.
Charles Cordell, Desecration: Winchester 1642

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