Early Modern
79 books
Early Modern
548
Saint Thomas Aquinas - Summa Theologica - 06 Pars Prima Secundae, On the Last End, On Human Acts
The Summa Theologica (or the Summa Theologiae or simply the Summa, written between 1265–1274) is the most famous work of Thomas Aquinas, even though it was never finished. It was intended as a manual for beginners and...
12 hours 20 minutes
Early Modern
503
Saint Thomas Aquinas - Summa Theologica - 05 Pars Prima, On the Divine Government
The Summa Theologica (or the Summa Theologiae or simply the Summa, written 1265–1274) is the most famous work of Thomas Aquinas (c. 1225–1274) although it was never finished. It was intended as a manual for beginners...
7 hours 31 minutes
Early Modern
453
Frederick A. Ober - Francisco Pizarro and the Conquest of Peru
Francisco Pizarro (1471 — 1541) was born into poverty, the illegitimate son of a Spanish soldier. After a brief career as a swineherd, he volunteered to join an expedition to the colony of Darien in Panama. He rose...
5 hours 13 minutes
Satire
472
Washington Irving - Knickerbocker's History of New York, Vol. 2
Washington Irving, an author, biographer, historian, and diplomat, completed his first major work, a satire of contemporary local history and politics entitled A History of New-York from the Beginning of the World to...
7 hours 21 minutes
Satire
610
Washington Irving - Knickerbocker's History of New York, Vol. 1
Washington Irving, an author, biographer, historian, and diplomat, completed his first major work, a satire of contemporary local history and politics entitled A History of New-York from the Beginning of the World to...
6 hours 59 minutes
Early Modern
532
Friedrich Schiller - History of the Thirty Years War, Volume 2
The History of the Thirty Years War is a five volume work, which followed his very successful History of the Revolt of the Netherlands . Written for a wider audience than Revolt, it is a vivid history, colored by...
3 hours 31 minutes
War & Military
512
Everett T. Tomlinson - Young Folks' History of the American Revolution
This work has grown out of the desire frequently expressed to the writer when he has been lecturing on the American Revolution, that in some way the experiences of the people as well as the deeds of the armies in that...
11 hours 25 minutes
