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    it was almost impossible to get privacy‚ many desired it and greater riches meant more privacy. Privacy became an issue during the growth of literacy where people began using private letters for correspondence. The initial use of letters in the 17th century was not private because it was difficult to seal them. Although there was a formal post system‚ there were suspicions that the postal clerks were reading the letters. Some individuals deliberately wrote their letters in code to ensure they were

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    How is the poetry of the 17th century different from the poetry of the 16th century? The poetry of the 16th century and the poetry of the 17th century were mainly lyrical. However‚ this similarity of expressing personal thoughts and feelings did not prevent major differences between both periods whether in themes or in structure. Poetry in Elizabethan time was based on courtly love conventions which included conceits and complements. Themes such as the unattainability of the lady‚ sleeplessness

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    Experience of France and England in the 17th century demonstrates the intellectual and practical superiority of absolutism over constitutionalism. Absolutism in France was much more secure than Constitutionalism in England. Absolutism controlled all competing interest groups and organized all religious sects. Louis XIV had centralized power and control under his authority in France while Constitutionalism in England failed to create absolute monarchy. Constitutionalism in England dealt with James I‚ Charles

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    Property Rights of Women in Nineteenth-Century England The property rights of women during most of the nineteenth century were dependent upon their marital status. Once women married‚ their property rights were governed by English common law‚ which required that the property women took into a marriage‚ or acquired subsequently‚ be legally absorbed by their husbands. Furthermore‚ married women could not make wills or dispose of any property without their husbands’ consent. Marital separation

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    The Puritans of 17th century New England believed in witches and witchcraft. They were a group of people who had left England to escape religious persecution‚ yet their beliefs centered on an intolerant and rigid code. They shared many of the same beliefs as the Church of England but felt that neither the church nor the country was up to snuff. They believed that all sins should be punished and that God would be the one to do so. Any misfortune that was suffered was seen as God’s will or as the work

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    Lifestyle In 15th Century New England The Puritans began as a religious group in England‚ after King Henry VIII was denied a divorce from Catherine of Aragorn. Henry was outraged by this denial and broke away from the Church‚ creating the Church of England. The Church of England became prominent in of forceful reprimanding of sinners‚ mainly through the use of whipping‚ public humiliation‚ and occasionally execution. Eventually‚ the Puritans became unsatisfied with the Church of England‚ due to their

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    In the 17th century rich women would normally be taught at home by a tutor‚ they were taught subjects like Latin‚ French‚ Needlework‚ and how to converse‚ and they were also taught how to look pretty and to play instruments like the piano. <br> <br>When they were older there parents would decide who they were going to marry and the family of the women would pay a dowry to the parents of the husband. They only got married to get more popular and look more important‚ if the wives husband thought the

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    Matt Mclellan February 4‚ 2002 6pm class Monday The Pen Is Mightier Than The King The 17th century saw a king’s head roll and an English Caesar sit the throne‚ in the midst of all of this a new class was rising. England in the 17th century was rife with change‚ there was much work to be done before the industrial revolution could fully grip the nation. For hundreds of years the monarch had dominated the political landscape‚ now that was changing radically. Although their remained a Monarch

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    Colonial America in the 17th Century could be summarized as the establishment period. Colonists had explored and claimed enough land to call theirs‚ and they were focused on implementing customs such as religion‚ politics‚ and ethics. In order to do this‚ colonies decided to force their ideas onto other civilizations such as foreigners or indigenous people. Accomplishing this would open doors to land and overall economic development‚ but it would also lead to battles and wars between the two conflicting

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    a matter of course for women in the past. During the whole centurieswomen were disadvantaged. Women had no right to property after they get married‚ and they seemed to have no protection in law. But there was nothing they could do about that‚ as they had no right to vote‚ so they could not influence the law-making system. Nevertheless‚ even at that time some women were determined to make change in the system and to fight for their votes. During the 17th centurywomen already began their attempts

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