History - Religious

Wesley's Designated Successor The Life, Letters, and Literary Labours of the Rev. John William Fletcher, Vicar of Madeley, Shropshire

L. Tyerman

The work is a scholarly biography of John William Fletcher, the eminent Methodist theologian and “designated…

Erasmus and the Age of Reformation

Johan Huizinga

Johan Huizinga’s Erasmus and the Age of Reformation is a scholarly biography that situates the Dutch humanist…

Soldan's Geschichte der Hexenprozesse. Zweiter Band

Wilhelm Gottlieb Soldan

Der zweite Band von Wilhelm Gottlieb Soldans „Geschichte der Hexenprozesse“ ist ein historisch‑juristisches…

Ecclesiastical History of England, Volume 3—The Church of the Restoration [part 1]

John Stoughton

John Stoughton’s Ecclesiastical History of England, Volume 3, The Church of the Restoration [part 1] is a…

The Preaching of Islam: A History of the Propagation of the Muslim Faith

Sir Thomas Walker Arnold

Thomas Walker Arnold’s The Preaching of Islam is a scholarly survey of how the Muslim faith has been…

History of the Reformation in Europe in the Time of Calvin, Vol. 6 (of 8)

J. H. Merle d'Aubigné

This volume is the sixth of Merle d’Aubigné’s monumental eight‑part History of the Reformation in Europe,…

The Wars of the Jews; Or, The History of the Destruction of Jerusalem

Flavius Josephus

The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 28 of 55 1637-38 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century

The volume is a scholarly compilation of ecclesiastical documents and contemporary accounts that trace the…

Scottish Cathedrals and Abbeys

Dugald Butler

The life and times of the Rev. Samuel Wesley Rector of Epworth and father of the Revs. John and Charles Wesley, the founders of the Methodists

L. Tyerman

Luke Tyerman’s work is a scholarly biography of Samuel Wesley, the 17th‑century rector of Epworth and father…

Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535

Eileen Power

Eileen Power’s Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275‑1535 is a scholarly monograph that sets out to give a…

Devil-Worship in France; or, The Question of Lucifer

Arthur Edward Waite

Arthur Edward Waite’s Devil‑Worship in France is a scholarly investigation into the alleged resurgence of…

History of the English People, Volume IV

John Richard Green

History of the English People, Volume IV is a scholarly survey that traces the tumultuous transformations of…

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 his…

The Romance of Old New England Rooftrees

Mary Caroline Crawford

The work is a collection of concise, illustrated sketches that aim to supply a readable compendium of the…

Vie de Jésus

Ernest Renan

Ce volume, signé Ernest Renan, se présente comme une étude historique de la figure centrale du christianisme…

Hours with the Mystics: A Contribution to the History of Religious Opinion

Robert Alfred Vaughan

Hours with the Mystics is a scholarly survey of the development of mystic thought, assembled after many years…

The writings of Origen, Vol. 1 (of 2)

Origen

This volume gathers three of Origen’s most influential works, De Principiis, his letter to Africanus, and the…

Jewish Theology, Systematically and Historically Considered

Kaufmann Kohler

The work presented by Kaufmann Kohler is a scholarly attempt to fill a gap that he perceives in Jewish…

Renaissance in Italy, Volumes 6 and 7 (of 7) The Catholic Reaction

John Addington Symonds

John Addington Symonds’s final two volumes of Renaissance in Italy turn from the political narrative of the…

Henry VIII.

A. F. Pollard

The work is a scholarly attempt to give a concise yet comprehensive portrait of Henry VIII, the Tudor monarch…

Ecclesiastical History of England, Volume 5—The Church of the Revolution

John Stoughton

The work is a scholarly ecclesiastical history that continues John Stoughton’s multi‑volume survey of the…

Ancient Pagan and Modern Christian Symbolism With an Essay on Baal Worship, on the Assyrian Sacred "Grove," and Other Allied Symbols

Inman, Thomas; Newton, John, M.R.C.S.E.

This work is a scholarly compendium that pairs finely engraved woodcuts with concise explanations of ancient…

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, "Franciscans" to "French Language" Volume 11, Slice 1

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