Description
The Seventeenth Century was nearly born in a state of calamity and war. After a brief era of peaceful development, Europe was to return again to war by the end of the century, dominated by the likes of Louis XIV and developments in emerging states like Russia and Poland. Prepare to relish and explore the times inhabited by notables like Galileo, Boris Godunov, Isaac Newton, Louis XIV, Molière, and Peter the Great in a society frequently characterized by bandits and bullies, cavaliers and courtiers, and more than a few plunderers and marauders. (For related classes, see #323 and #332)