History - Religious

Shinto (the Way of the Gods)

W. G. Aston

The work is a scholarly survey of Shinto, the ancient Japanese cult of kami, written by William George Aston.

Arabian Society in the Middle Ages: Studies From The Thousand and One Nights

Edward William Lane

This work is a scholarly compilation that extracts and reorganises the extensive commentary Edward William…

The Reign of Henry the Eighth, Volume 1 (of 3)

James Anthony Froude

James Anthony Froude’s three‑volume Reign of Henry the Eighth is a scholarly narrative that situates the…

Gli eretici d'Italia, vol. II

Cesare Cantù

Il volume è un trattato storico‑teologico che indaga le eresie cristiane in Italia, con particolare…

The History of the Rise, Progress and Accomplishment of the Abolition of the African Slave-Trade, by the British Parliament (1839)

Thomas Clarkson

Thomas Clarkson’s 1839 work is a meticulous chronicle of the parliamentary struggle to end the African…

Thirty years in Madagascar

Thomas T. Matthews

Thomas T. Matthews offers a straightforward, memoir‑like account of three decades of missionary service in…

The Itinerary of Archbishop Baldwin Through Wales

Cambrensis Giraldus

The work is a medieval travelogue that records Archbishop Baldwin’s journey through Wales, filtered through…

The Chronicle of Jocelin of Brakelond: A Picture of Monastic Life in the Days of Abbot Samson

Jocelin, de Brakelond, active 1173-1215

The Chronicle of Jocelin of Brakelond is a medieval monastic memoir that records the life and administration…

Primitive Christian Worship Or, The Evidence of Holy Scripture and the Church, Against the Invocation of Saints and Angels, and the Blessed Virgin Mary

James Endell Tyler

This work is a theological treatise by James Endell Tyler that sets out to examine, from a scriptural and…

Bible Atlas: A Manual of Biblical Geography and History

Jesse Lyman Hurlbut

This work is a scholarly guide that pairs biblical narrative with the physical terrain from which those…

The Catholic World, Vol. 11, April, 1870 to September, 1870

Various

The Catholic World, Vol. 11 (April – September 1870) is a periodical collection that presents a sustained…

The Parish Clerk

P. H. Ditchfield

The work is a nostalgic survey of the parish clerk, an office that once filled English churches with music,…

Solomon and Solomonic Literature

Moncure Daniel Conway

The work is a scholarly essay that treats Solomon not as a narrative hero but as a focal point for the…

Church and State as Seen in the Formation of Christendom

T. W. Allies

The work is a scholarly treatise on the development of Christianity’s institutional relationship with secular…

A Half Century Among the Siamese and the Lāo: An Autobiography

Daniel McGilvary

This work is an autobiographical account by Daniel McGilvary, a long‑serving Presbyterian missionary who…

Church History, Volume 1 (of 3)

J. H. Kurtz

This work is a scholarly textbook of church history, originally issued in German in 1849 and now offered in…

Superstition in all ages

Holbach, Paul Henri Thiry, baron d'

The work is a polemical treatise by the 18th‑century French curate Jean Meslier, presented as his “Testament”…

Ti-Ping Tien-Kwoh: The History of the Ti-Ping Revolution (Volume I)

Augustus F. Lindley

Augustus F. Lindley’s work is a sprawling, first‑hand chronicle of the Taiping Rebellion, framed as both a…

Letters of John Calvin, Volume I Compiled from the Original Manuscripts and Edited with Historical Notes

Jean Calvin

This volume presents the first part of the collected letters of Jean Calvin, the eminent Reformer whose…

Biographia Scoticana (Scots Worthies) A Brief Historical Account of the Lives, Characters, and Memorable Transactions of the Most Eminent Scots Worthies

John Howie

John Howie’s Biographia Scoticana is a concise biographical compendium that gathers, in a single volume, the…

History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 5

Edward Gibbon

The work is the fifth volume of Edward Gibbon’s monumental survey of Rome’s waning power, extending the…

The historians' history of the world in twenty-five volumes, volume 02: Israel, India, Persia, Phoenicia, Minor Nations of Western Asia

This volume of The Historians’ History of the World is a scholarly compendium that treats Israel, India,…

Crises in the History of the Papacy A study of twenty famous popes whose careers and whose influence were important in the development of the church and in the history of the world

Joseph McCabe

This work is a concise scholarly survey that tackles the sweeping narrative of the papacy by focusing on…

The Christ: A Critical Review and Analysis of the Evidences of His Existence

John E. Remsburg

The work is a polemical study that treats the New‑Testament figure of Christ as a myth rather than a…