Thursday, October 16, 2014

Homework for Friday, October 17

Everyone: Make a timeline of the English Civil War (James I through William I)

Readings about Peter the Great and Louis XIV
These documents are all on the same webpage, but you only have to read the one you are assigned below.

Stephen: Bishop Burnet, Peter the Great 1698
Noah: Von Korb, Diary 1698-99
Jack: General Alexander Gordon, History of Peter the Great 1718
Neel: Jean Rousset de Missy, Life of Peter the Great, c. 1730
Lauren: Duc de Saint-Simon: The Court of Louis XIV, "The Court"
Victor: Duc de Saint-Simon: The Court of Louis XIV, "Life at Versailles"
*As you read these documents, think about what they say about the absolutism of each monarch.

Don't Forget!  Quiz tomorrow!

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