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Stories Set in the 17th century (1600–1699)
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Central Europe burned through the Thirty Years' War while England executed its king and experimented with republic and restoration. Meanwhile the Dutch built a trading empire and a painting tradition to match, Japan closed itself under the Tokugawa peace, and English and French colonies took root in North America.
The Thirty Years' War ran from 1618 to 1648 and Charles I was beheaded in 1649. Scorsese's Silence follows Jesuit priests in 17th-century Japan, and The Witch confines a Puritan family to mounting paranoia in 1630s New England. Open the 17th century on the StoryTerra map and explore its stories by place.
10 famous stories set in the 17th century
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Browse 194 books, 225 movies, 9 TV shows and 13 games set in the 17th century (1600–1699).
Wolfwalkers
In a time of superstition and magic when wolves are seen as demonic and nature an evil to be tamed a young apprentice hunter comes to Ireland with her father to wipe out the last pack. But when she saves a wild native…
Pocahontas
Pocahontas daughter of a Native American tribe chief falls in love with an English soldier as colonists invade 17th century Virginia.
The Witch
In 1630 a farmer relocates his family to a remote plot of land on the edge of a forest where strange unsettling things happen. With suspicion and paranoia mounting each family member's faith loyalty and love are tested…
Silence
Two Jesuit priests travel to seventeenth century Japan which has under the Tokugawa shogunate banned Catholicism and almost all foreign contact.
Fear Street: 1666
In 1666 a colonial town is gripped by a hysterical witch-hunt that has deadly consequences for centuries to come and it's up to teenagers in 1994 to finally put an end to their town's curse before it's too late.
The Man in the Iron Mask
Years have passed since the Three Musketeers Aramis Athos and Porthos have fought together with their friend D'Artagnan. But with the tyrannical King Louis using his power to wreak havoc in the kingdom while his twin…
The King's Daughter
King Louis XIV's quest for immortality leads him to capture and steal a mermaid's life force a move that is further complicated by his illegitimate daughter's discovery of the creature.
Delusions of Grandeur
Don Sallust is the minister of the King of Spain. Being disingenuous hypocritical greedy and collecting the taxes for himself he is hated by the people he oppresses. Accused by The Queen a beautiful princess Bavarian of…
Cyrano de Bergerac
Famed swordsman and poet Cyrano de Bergerac is in love with his cousin Roxane. He has never expressed his love for her as he his large nose undermines his self-confidence. Then he finds a way to express his love to her…
The Three Musketeers: D'Artagnan
D'Artagnan a spirited young Gascon is left for dead after trying to save a noblewoman from being kidnapped. Once in Paris he tries by all means to find his attackers unaware that his quest will lead him to the very…
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