17th century

A collection of critical essays on major sixteenth and seventeenth-century English dramatists and their works.

Describes what colonial schools were like in the United States, including the chores students had to do at and after school.

Contains entries that discuss people, issues, and events related to wars of religion waged between the eleventh and mid-seventeenth centuries, covering military technology, royal finance, social and class relations, major confessional groups, and beliefs about combat and chivalry. Arranged alphabetically from A to K, with maps.

Examines the Dutch Colony on Manhattan Island which exists prior to the original thirteen colonies in America, and includes important colonists, Native Americans, and a variety of events.

Follows a young film producer as she travels across Europe in search of information about the people, places, and thinking behind Renaissance developments, investigating aspects of art, music, and literature, including the uses of realism, the introduction of new instruments, and the invention of the printing press.