Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Events that changed the world in the seventeenth century / edited by
Frank W. Thackeray and John E. Findling.
p. cm. -- ( The Greenwood Press "Events that changed the
world" series, ISSN 1078-7860)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-313-29078-4 (alk. paper)
1. History, Modern -- 17th century. I. Frank W. Thackeray
II. John E. III. Findling Series.
D246.E92 1999
909.6 -- dc21 99-25506

British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data is available.

Copyright © 1999 by Frank W. Thackeray and John E. Findling

All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be
reproduced, by any process or technique, without the
express written consent of the publisher.

Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 99-25506
ISBN: 0-313-29078-4
ISSN: 1078-7860

First published in 1999

Greenwood Press, 88 Post Road West, Westport, CT 06881
An imprint of Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc.
www.greenwood.com

Printed in the United States of America
∞TM

The paper used in this book complies with the
Permanent Paper Standard issued by the National
Information Standards Organization (Z39.48- 1984).

10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

Copyright Acknowledgments

The editors and publisher gratefully acknowledge permission for use of the following
material:

Adaption from "The Tokugawa Era: 1600-1868" in History of Japan by Louis G. Perez,
Greenwood Press, an imprint of Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc., Westport, CT.

-iv-