Religion
226 books
War & Military
491
Osmund Airy - English Restoration and Louis XIV: From the Peace of Westphalia to the Peace of Nimwegen
In this trim volume the British historian, Osmund Airy writes of the period between 1648 and 1679 when Cardinal Mazarin, having concluded the masterly Peace of Westphalia for France, confronts the rebellions of the...
9 hours 19 minutes
War & Military
485
Beatrice A. Lees - Central Period of the Middle Age 918-1273
Beatrice Lees writes that the history of the period of the Middle Ages from 918 to 1273 is that of «a heroic period, the age of feudalism and monasticism, of chivalry and the Crusades.» The era opened «with gloomy...
8 hours 18 minutes
Religion
455
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Martin Luther - Selections from the Table Talk of Martin Luther
When Martin Luther promulgated his “95 Theses” 1n 1517, he probably did not envision the initiation of the historical division of the indivisible Church, beginning what we now know as the Protestant Reformation. For...
3 hours 45 minutes
Religion
499
Anthony Trollope - Clergymen Of The Church Of England
This 1866 book was published in a time of great change in the Church of England. Trollope began as a High Church adherent and then worked his way to a Broad Church stance, a theological liberalism (toleration of...
2 hours 42 minutes
Religion
431
Oliver Optic - In School and Out; The Conquest of Richard Grant
The second volume of the Woodville Stories contains the experience of Richard Grant, «in school and out.» We are sorry to say that Richard had become a bad boy, and was in the habit of getting into the most abominable...
4 hours 50 minutes
War & Military
480
John Arthur Ransome Marriott - England Since Waterloo
«England Since Waterloo» by Sir John Arthur Ransome Marriott (1859-1945) was first published in 1913 and went through many editions. The author taught history at Worcester College, Oxford for thirty-six years and...
25 hours 14 minutes
