Early Modern France: The Creation of the Sovereign State

Tuesday, September 10, 2024


St. Jean de Brébeuf, S.J.


Read before class:

  • Cardinal Richelieu, Political Testament (ICCW 867-871)
  • Montaigne, “Intro” and “To the Reader” (NAWL 318-321); “That is is Folly to Measure Truth and Error by Our Own Capacity,” (CP, 8-10)
  • Fenelon (ICCW 880-885)
  • The Jesuit Relations (CP 11-21)