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Declaration by the Lord General and the Council on the Dissolution of the Late Parliament
A public manifesto released by Oliver Cromwell, detailing the reasons behind his military coup to oust Parliament. Released months before the drafting of a constitution by John Lambard, The Instument of Government, declaring him the Protectorate for life. -
Letter from the Louis de Bourbon (the Great Condé) to King Louis XIV
A letter from the former leader of the Fronde Louis de Bourbon, who after having been pardoned lived the rest of his life in faithful service of the absolutist monarch. Here, sick at the end of his life, he begs King Louis XIV to pardon his friend the Prince de Conti. -
On the Superiority of Representative Government
This breif treatise was published by Guiseppe Mazzini is his republican newspaper "La Giovine Italia (Young Italy)". It was one of several influential texts by Mazzini that would make their way around the Italian States during the era and help to raise nationalist fervor. -
"Viro Major"
Viro Major is a poem by Victor Hugo in dedication to Louise Michel. It describes her defiant plea for death at her trial after the Paris Commune, and celebrates her as a dedicated revolutionary. -
Proclamation of the Republic
This declaration of the Irish Republic was signed six days before the Easter Rising, which occured on the 24th of August, 1916. All seven signatories were executed by the British. An actual signed copy never surfaced and is assumed to have been destroyed by the British had it ever existed. -
T.E. Lawrence's Twenty-Seven Articles
The Arab Bulletin was a secret military journal published as by T.E. Lawrence in order to provide a full account of Middle East Politics. These include Lawrence's 27 Articles, meant as a sort of rubric for British officers in dealing with Bedu Arabs.
