Primary Sources
Oliver Cromwell, Speech to Parliament, 1655
| oliver_cromwell_speech_to_parliament.pdf |
Samuel Pepys, Diary, 1665
| pepys_-_the_diary.pdf |
Moliere, Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme, 1670
| moliere_-_le_bourgeois_gentilhomme.pdf |
Blaise Pascal, Pensees, 1670
| pascal_-_from_pensees.pdf |
Coffee House Society, 1673-1675
| coffee_house_society.pdf |
Bishop Jacques Benigne Bosseut, Politics Drawn From the Holy Scriptures, 1679
| bosseut_politics_drawn_from_the_holy_scriptures.pdf |
John Locke, Some Thoughts Concerning Education, 1693
| john_locke_some_thoughts_concerning_education.pdf |
Louis de Rouvroy, Duke of Saint-Simon, Memoirs, 1694-1723
| duke_of_saint-simon_memoirs.pdf |
Tsar Peter I of Russia, Letter to His Son, Alexei, October 11, 1715
| tsar_peter_i_of_russia_letter_to_his_son.pdf |
Jonathan Swift, Gulliver’s Travels, 1726
| jonathan_swift_gulliver’s_travels.pdf |
Duc de Saint-Simon, A Day in the Life of Louis XIV, c. 1729-1738
| saint-simon_-_a_day_in_the_life_of_louis_xiv.pdf |
Frederick II of Prussia, Antimachiavell, 1740
| frederick_ii_-_antimachiavell.pdf |
Frederick II of Prussia, Political Testament, 1752
| frederick_ii_of_prussia_political_testament.pdf |
Solomon Maimon, Autobiography, c. 1760-1765
| solomon_maimon_autobiography.pdf |
Jean-Jacques Rousseau, The Social Contract, 1762
| jean-jacques_rousseau_the_social_contract.pdf |
Voltaire, On Toleration, 1763
| voltaire_on_toleration.pdf |
Immanuel Kant, What is Enlightenment?, 1784
| kant_-_what_is_enlightenment.pdf |
Goethe, Sorrow of Young Werther, 1774
| goethe_sorrow_of_young_werther_1774.pdf |
Adam Smith, An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, 1776
| adam_smith_an_inquiry_into_the_nature_and_causes_of_the_wealth_of_nations.pdf |
Olaudah Equiano, The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano Written by Himself, 1789
| olaudah_equiano_the_interesting_narrative_of_the_life_of_olaudah_equiano.pdf |
Abbe Sieyes, What Is the Third Estate?, 1789
| abbe_sieyes_what_is_the_third_estate.pdf |
Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, 1789
| declaration_of_the_rights_of_man_and_of_the_citizen.pdf |
The Woman Cheret, The Event of Paris and Versailles, 1789
| the_woman_cheret_the_event_of_paris_and_versailles.pdf |
Trial record of Olympe de Gouges, 1793
| trial_record_of_olympe_de_gouges.pdf |
Robespierre, Justification of Terror, 1794
| robespierre_-_justification_of_terror.pdf |
Thomas Malthus, An Essay on the Principle of Population, 1798
| thomas_malthus_an_essay_on_the_principle_of_population_1798.pdf |
Vicomte de Chateaubriand, The Genius of Christianity, 1802
| vicomte_de_chateaubriand_the_genius_of_christianity_1802.pdf |
Madame de Staël, Germany, 1813
| madame_de_staël_germany_1813.pdf |
Treaties
Treaty of Utrecht, 1713
| 1713_-_treaty_of_utrecht.pdf |
Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle, 1748
| 1748_-_treaty_of_aix-la-chapelle.pdf |
Treaty of Paris, 1763
| 1763_-_treaty_of_paris.pdf |
Congress of Vienna, 1815
| 1815_-_congress_of_vienna.pdf |
Secondary Sources
G.M. Trevelyan, History of England, 1926
| trevelyan_history_of_england.pdf |
Will and Ariel Durant, The Age of Napoleon, 1975
| durant_the_age_of_napoleon.pdf |
John E. Willis, A Hundred Years of Freedom, 2002
| 1688_-_dutch_golden_age.pdf |
Christopher Gibbs, "Notes on Beethoven's Ninth Symphony", 2006
| notes_on_beethovens_ninth_symphony.pdf |
R.R. Palmer, The Formation of Prussia, 2007
| palmer_-_18c_warfare_and_the_formation_of_prussia.pdf |
Assignments
The French Revolution Video Worksheet
| french_revolution_video_worksheet.pdf |
The French Revolution Student-led Lecture
| the_french_revolution_student-led_lecture_revised.pdf |
Timeline of the French Revolution, 1789-1815
| timeline_of_the_french_revolution_–_1789-1815.pdf |