Monday, Sep. 18: Absolutism and Constitutionalism
Secondary Sources:
- Mary Weisner-Hanks, “Absolutism in Theory and Practice,” in Early Modern Europe 1450-1789, 2nd ed. (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2013), 317–20. (On Zotero).
- John Brewer, “The Paradoxes of State Power,” in Early Modern Europe: Issues and Interpretations, ed. James Collins and Karen Taylor (New York: Blackwell, 2006), 332-347.
Wednesday, Sep. 20: Colonialism and Mercantilism
Listen:
- “Mercantilism,” In Our Time, BBC, accessed July 8, 2023, https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001k0zv.
Watch:
Friday, Sep. 22: Discussion #3
Sources:
- Jean Domat, “On Social Order and Absolute Monarchy,” Internet History Sourcebooks: Modern History, accessed September 15, 2023, https://sourcebooks.fordham.edu/mod/1687domat.asp.
- “Extracts from Bossuet’s Work on Kingship,” accessed September 15, 2023, https://history.hanover.edu/texts/bossuet.html.
- “The Bill of Rights, 1689,” Internet History Sourcebooks: Modern History, accessed September 15, 2023, https://sourcebooks.fordham.edu/mod/1689billofrights.asp.
- Jean-Baptiste Colbert, “Memorandum on Trade, 1664,” Internet History Sourcebooks: Modern History, accessed August 2, 2023, https://sourcebooks.fordham.edu/mod/1664colbert.asp.
- Thomas Mun, “England’s Treasure By Forraign Trade, 1664,” Internet History Sourcebooks: Modern History, accessed August 4, 2023, https://sourcebooks.fordham.edu/mod/1664mun-engtrade.asp.
- “Warrant for William Ussling to Establish a General Company for Trade to Asia, Africa, America and Magellanica; December 21, 1624,” Avalon Project, accessed August 4, 2023, https://avalon.law.yale.edu/17th_century/charter_012.asp.