Early Modern
79 books
Early Modern
855
Louis Aubrey Wood - Chronicles of Canada Volume 16 - The War Chief of the Six Nations: A Chronicle of Joseph Brant
'Thayendanegea!' The name was taken from the great book of nature. It was a birth-name of the Mohawks meaning two sticks of wood bound together, a sign of strength; and the woman hoped that her tiny child might...
2 hours 40 minutes
Early Modern
1.2K
Saint Thomas Aquinas - Summa Theologica - 02 Pars Prima, Trinity and Creation
The Summa Theologica (or the Summa Theologiae or simply the Summa, written 1265–1274) is the most famous work of Thomas Aquinas although it was never finished. It was intended as a manual for beginners as a...
10 hours 42 minutes
Early Modern
809
William Wood - Chronicles of Canada Volume 12 - The Father of British Canada; A Chronicle of Carleton
Carleton’s first eight years as governor of Canada were almost entirely occupied with civil administration. The next four were equally occupied with war.This is the account of how Carleton and his multiracial army...
4 hours 41 minutes
Early Modern
751
Saint Thomas Aquinas - Summa Theologica - 01 Pars Prima, Initial Questions
The Summa Theologica (or the Summa Theologiae or simply the Summa, written 1265–1274) is the most famous work of Thomas Aquinas although it was never finished. It was intended as a manual for beginners as a...
13 hours 21 minutes
Political Science
1.9K
John Locke - Two Treatises of Civil Government
The Two Treatises of Civil Government is a work of political philosophy published anonymously in 1689 by John Locke. The First Treatise is an extended attack on Sir Robert Filmer's Patriarcha , which argued for...
11 hours 4 minutes
Political Science
1.7K
Thomas Hobbes - Leviathan (Books III and IV)
In Books 3 and 4 of Leviathan , Thomas Hobbes elaborates on the political philosophy set forth in the first two books, by considering the nature of a Christian commonwealth. Book 3 begins with a wealth of biblical...
10 hours 54 minutes
Early Modern
763
William Wood - Chronicles of Canada Volume 10 - A Chronicle of Montcalm
Montcalm is, of course, a very prominent character in every history of New France. This book gives a brief history of the Montcalm family in France and its importance in wars. It continues with its descendant as he...
2 hours 58 minutes
