They serve to contradict a popular notion that the Comedie merely repeats, as accurately as possible, the techniques of acting the classics that prevailed in the 17th century.

The new `` Phedre '' was done in 17th century setting, instead of ancient Greek ; ;

The speaking of the lines seemed excessively slow and stately, possibly in an effort to capture the spirit of 17th century elegance.

In the late 17th century, Guru Gobind Singh Ji ( the tenth guru in Sikhism ), was in war with the Moghul rulers to protect the people of different faiths, when a fellow Sikh, Bhai Kanhaiya, attended the troops of the enemy.

In Canada, Jesuit missionaries such as Fathers LeClercq, Le Jeune and Sagard, in the 17th century, provide the oldest ethnographic records of native tribes in what was then the Dominion of Canada.

During the 17th century, practical alchemy started to evolve into modern chemistry, as it was renamed by Robert Boyle, the " father of modern chemistry ".< ref name =" Deem, Rich 2005 ">

Until the 17th century, art referred to any skill or mastery and was not differentiated from crafts or sciences, but in modern usage the fine arts, where aesthetic considerations are paramount, are distinguished from acquired skills in general, and the decorative or applied arts.

Anton van Leeuwenhoek, the famous 17th century microscopist, discovered living organisms ( living, because they were motile ) in deposits on the teeth ( what we now call dental plaque ).

The Mitanni appeared in the 17th century BC and spoke an Indo-Aryan language related to the Indo-European languages eventually to be found in India.

It was established to be an element around the 17th century.

Thus the only member churches of the present Anglican Communion existing by the mid-18th century were the Church of England, its closely linked sister church, the Church of Ireland ( which also separated from Roman Catholicism under Henry VIII ) and the Scottish Episcopal Church which for parts of the 17th and 18th centuries was partially underground ( it was suspected of Jacobite sympathies ).

A novel called Hayy ibn Yaqdhan, based on Avicenna's story, was later written by Ibn Tufail ( Abubacer ) in the 12th century and translated into Latin and English as Philosophus Autodidactus in the 17th and 18th centuries respectively.

For example, paintings glorified aristocracy in the early 17th century when leadership was needed to nationalize small political groupings, but later as leadership became oppressive, satirization increased and subjects were less concerned with leaders and more with more common plights of mankind.

It was in the age of absolute monarchy launched by Louix XIV in the 17th century that the likes of Poussin and Le Brun put France in the forefront of European art.

Many Christian denominations have been influenced by Arminian views, notably the Baptists ( See A History of the Baptists Third Edition by Robert G. Torbet ) in the 16th century, the Methodists, the Congregationalists of the early New England colonies in the 17th and 18th centuries and the Universalists and Unitarians in the 18th and 19th centuries.

Ever since Arminius and his followers revolted against Calvinism in the early 17th century, Protestant soteriology has been largely divided between Calvinism and Arminianism.

The Bolivian Andes produce principally tin although historically silver mining had a huge impact on the economy of 17th century Europe.

The rules were not completely fixed in the 17th century.

When it comes to the 17th century and anagrams in English or other languages, there is a great deal of documented evidence of learned interest.

Natural philosophers ( astronomers and others ) of the 17th century transposed their discoveries into Latin anagrams, to establish their priority.

The fort was partially destroyed by the Dutch in the mid 17th century, rebuilt, then destroyed again in 1776 by an earthquake.

Aachen became attractive as a spa by the middle of the 17th century, not so much because of the effects of the hot springs on the health of its visitors but because Aachen was then — and remained well into the 19th century — a place of high-level prostitution in Europe.

It was introduced to Europe at the close of the 17th century as a handsome greenhouse plant, and is hardy outdoors in the south of England and Ireland if protected from severe frosts.

The first assembly of the estates-general convened at Lamego ( wherein he would have been given the crown from the Archbishop of Braga, to confirm his independence ) is a 17th century embellishment of Portuguese history.

Catherine de Vivonne, marquise de Rambouillet ( anonymous, 17th century )

The older parts of Frome – for example, around Sheppard's Barton and Catherine Hill – are picturesque, containing an outstanding collection of late 17th and 18th century small houses.

The banks of the Yauza within the Garden Ring were densely urbanized by the middle of the 17th century ; upstream valleys housed suburban residences of the House of Romanov, from Mikhail to Catherine II.

She was born Violet Augusta Mary Frederica Kennedy-Erskine, the daughter of William Henry Kennedy-Erskine ( 1 July 1828-15 September 1870 ) of Dun, Forfarshire, a Captain in the 17th Lancers and Catherine Jones ( d. 13 February 1914 ), the only daughter of William Jones of Henllys, Carmarthenshire.

Though there is some documentation that indicates Portuguese sailors introduced the breed to Europe in the 17th century by presenting some to Catherine of Braganza, Queen Consort to King Charles II of England, there is more credible evidence that the first Chin were gifted by the Emperor of Japan to an American naval officer, Matthew Calbraith Perry, when Perry visited the Orient in 1853 to open trade with the East.

The French literary style called préciosité (, preciousness ) arose in the 17th century from the lively conversations and playful word games of les précieuses (), the witty and educated intellectual ladies who frequented the salon of Catherine de Vivonne, marquise de Rambouillet ; her Chambre bleue ( the " blue room " of her hôtel particulier ) offered a Parisian refuge from the dangerous political factionism and coarse manners of the royal court during the minority of Louis XIV.

After the beginning of the 17th century gradual changes in English law meant the presence of an officiating priest or magistrate became necessary for a marriage to be legal.

In the 17th century the French Franciscan priest, scientist and philosopher Pierre Gassendi wrote two books forcefully reviving Epicureanism.

From the early 17th century to the middle 18th century European colonists reported encounters with gray-eyed American Indians who claimed descent from the colonists ( although at least one, a story of a Welsh priest who met a Doeg warrior who spoke the Welsh language, is likely to be a hoax ).

* Saint-Anthony's Chapel, Pater Damiaanplein, from the 17th to the 20th centuries, contains the tomb of Father Damien, the " leper priest " of Molokai, beatified by Pope John Paul II.

Writing at the end of the 17th century, Francisco Ximénez described the tradition that upon the temple human sacrifices were tied before the representation of Tohil, where the priest would open the victim's chest and cut out his heart.

Thomas Kingo grew up and was priest in the town during the 17th century.

* Louis Hennepin, Catholic priest and missionary, and explorer of the interior of North America ( 17th century ).

** 17th son: Prince Son ' in ( 尊胤法親王 ) ( Buddhist priest )

One of the oldest buildings in the town is the ' Old Manor ' public house, a 17th century brick manor house featuring a number of priest holes.

In the early 17th century, the advantages of local mineral water were discovered by Krzeszowice parish priest, reverend Bernard Bocheński, who mentioned it in the 1625 parish records.

By the latter part of the 17th century Stantonbury was an almost deserted village but the church was still in use, and in 1668 – 74 the Puritan poet and hymnwriter John Mason was its parish priest.

The interior still retains no fewer than 11 fireplaces from the 17th century, a wealth of exposed beams, original Tudor period plasterwork and even a priest hole.

Possibly this priest was Padre Girolamo Bacchini, a castrato known to have had connections to the Mantuan court in the early 17th century.

It can be traced back to the 17th century French priest Richard Simon, and its most influential product is Julius Wellhausen's Prolegomena zur Geschichte Israels ( 1878 ), whose " insight and clarity of expression have left their mark indelibly on modern biblical studies.

In the 17th Century, citizens claimed the right to choose their parish priest, over objections of the ecclesiastical authorities.

Founded by the Vincentians in 1898, the university takes its name from the 17th century French priest Saint Vincent de Paul.

Followers of 17th century French priest Saint Vincent de Paul, they founded the university to serve Roman Catholic children of immigrants.

The Founder is St. John Baptist de La Salle, a French priest who lived in the 17th century.

Hallgrímur Pétursson, a poet and priest, is noted for writing many of these hymns in the 17th century.

* Matriz Church of São Martinho-the parochial church is located in the middle of the main village, and includes two minor alters ( with an image of Nossa Senhora do Rosário and Nosso Senhor Crucificado ) and a main alter ( with an image of its patron saint São Martinho ); the ecclesiastical parish of Alfaião pertained to the Monastery of Castro de Avelãs since 1490, the archbishop of Braga assigning the abbot at the time ; between 1501 – 1514, its clergy were served from the monastery ; the construction of the current church occurred in the 17th century ; the first baptisms were registered in 1627 ; the first marriage was documented in 1628 ; in 1706, its second parish priest Father Carvalho da Costa, who was assigned by a canon at the Sé Church in Miranda, earned 150 $ 000 réis, the parish included 66 neighbours ; the first death was recorded in 1724 ; by 21 April 1758, the parish which was located between two mounts and pertained to the bishop of Miranda do Douro, comarca and seat of Bragança, and was subject to the House of Braganza.

: This was also the name of his great uncle William Hayley ( priest ) a 17th century Dean of Chichester and a contemporary architect b. 1797 at Thornhill, West Yorkshire.

* Jan Rosacius, 17th century priest and writer

Seathrún Céitinn, known in English as Geoffrey Keating, was a 17th century Irish Roman Catholic priest, poet and historian.

Okomfo Anokye ( active late 17th century ) was an Ashanti priest, statesman and lawgiver.