Part II-Medieval and Early Modern Times Part III Modern Times From the Age of Louis XIV to the present a brief course Webster's Readings in Ancient History Webster's Readings in Medieval and Modern History Webster's Historical Source Book 471139 COPYRIGHT, 1920 BY D. C. HEATH & CO. 2 KO and biographical material, for use in connection with book. I now put forth this third volume of thirty-three All but the first two relate to the seventeenth, eighteenth, and twentieth centuries. Two principal motives have dictated the selection of ticular documents, out of the hundreds which might have b First, I wished to exhibit the historical development in E America, and later on the Continent, of orderly, constitu democratic government. From this point of view, an ir quaintance with Magna Carta, the Petition of Right, Rights, the Declaration of Independence, the Northwest the Constitution of the United States, and the Declarat Rights of Man is of supreme value to every intelligent citizen. Second, I wished to trace the growth of intern and of international relations, generally, as registered in papers as the Monroe Doctrine, the Durham Report, the of Paris, the Peace Circular of Nicholas II, and the Cover League of Nations. Few at this time will deny their ep significance for mankind. It is not expected that every student will read every A proper choice must be made by the teacher, in accordan scope and character of her instruction and the maturity o Moreover, some of the longer documents (especially Nos. -9, 13, and 14) will doubtless never be read in extenso. T omissions and to aid in the comprehension of the subje I have retained the numbered articles and sections appearin of the documents and elsewhere have myself supplied them The documents are reprinted in their original for verbal change. No omissions have been made, except as Spelling, capitalization, and punctuation have been |