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Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 2

Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 2

Charles Eliot

The work is a scholarly survey of the development of Hindu and Buddhist traditions, written by Sir Charles…

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A History of the Inquisition of the Middle Ages; volume III

Henry Charles Lea

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A History of the Inquisition of Spain; Vol. 4

Henry Charles Lea

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 who baptized only upon confession of faith, and who suffered and died for the testimony of Jesus, their savior, from the time of Christ to the year A.D. 1660

The Bloody Theatre, or Martyrs Mirror of the Defenseless Christians who baptized only upon confession of faith, and who suffered and died for the testimony of Jesus, their savior, from the time of Christ to the year A.D. 1660

Thieleman J. van Braght

The Bloody Theatre, or Martyrs Mirror of the Defenseless Christians, is a massive compendium of persecution…

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Philosophumena; or, The refutation of all heresies, Volume I

Antipope Hippolytus

The work presented here is a scholarly edition of Philosophumena, a thirteenth‑century treatise traditionally…

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Ely Cathedral

Anonymous

This work is a nineteenth‑century guide to Ely Cathedral and its surrounding historic sites.

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The Underground Railroad from Slavery to Freedom: A comprehensive history

Wilbur Henry Siebert

The book is a scholarly survey of the Underground Railroad that treats the secret network of aid to fugitive…

Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Rochester A Description of its Fabric and a Brief History of the Episcopal See

Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Rochester A Description of its Fabric and a Brief History of the Episcopal See

G. H. Palmer

The work is a detailed architectural and historical survey of Rochester Cathedral, written by George Henry…

The Cathedral Church of Canterbury [2nd ed.] A Description of Its Fabric and a Brief History of the Archiepiscopal See

The Cathedral Church of Canterbury [2nd ed.] A Description of Its Fabric and a Brief History of the Archiepiscopal See

Hartley Withers

Hartley Withers’s second‑edition work is a scholarly survey of Canterbury Cathedral’s architecture and the…

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 or, Sketches of Education from the Christian Era to the Council of Trent

Christian Schools and Scholars or, Sketches of Education from the Christian Era to the Council of Trent

Augusta Theodosia Drane

Christian Schools and Scholars is a sweeping historical survey that traces the development of Christian…

Cover of The life and times of the Rev. John Wesley, M.A., founder of the Methodists. Vol. 2 (of 3)

The life and times of the Rev. John Wesley, M.A., founder of the Methodists. Vol. 2 (of 3)

L. Tyerman

This second volume of Luke Tyerman’s three‑part biography of John Wesley is a chronologically arranged…

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A History of the Inquisition of Spain; Vol. 1

Henry Charles Lea

The work is a scholarly history of the Spanish Inquisition, written by Henry Charles Lea and published in…

An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine

An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine

John Henry Newman

An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine is a scholarly treatise by Cardinal John Henry Newman,…

The Continental Monthly, Vol. 3, No. 1 January 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy

The Continental Monthly, Vol. 3, No. 1 January 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy

Various

The Continental Monthly, Volume III, Number 1 (January 1863) is a nineteenth‑century periodical that blends…

Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Ely A History and Description of the Building with a Short Account of the Monastery and of the See

Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Ely A History and Description of the Building with a Short Account of the Monastery and of the See

W. D. Sweeting

Walter Debenham Sweeting’s work is a scholarly survey of Ely Cathedral, its architecture, monastic history,…

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John Knox

A. Taylor Innes

The work is a scholarly biography of John Knox, the Scottish reformer born around 1514, assembled from the…

Unitarianism in America: A History of its Origin and Development

Unitarianism in America: A History of its Origin and Development

George Willis Cooke

George Willis Cooke’s work is a scholarly survey of Unitarianism’s rise in the United States, framed by the…

Cover of The dissolution of the monasteries: As illustrated by the suppression of the religious houses of Staffordshire

The dissolution of the monasteries: As illustrated by the suppression of the religious houses of Staffordshire

Francis Aidan Hibbert

Francis Aidan Hibbert’s work is a scholarly investigation of the Dissolution of the monasteries as it…

History of Free Thought in Reference to The Christian Religion

History of Free Thought in Reference to The Christian Religion

Adam Storey Farrar

Adam Storey Farrar’s History of Free Thought in Reference to The Christian Religion is a scholarly survey…

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France and England in North America, Part II: The Jesuits in North America in the Seventeenth Century

Francis Parkman

Francis Parkman’s France and England in North America, Part II is a scholarly history that concentrates on…

Cover of The Pilgrim fathers of New England: A History

The Pilgrim fathers of New England: A History

W. Carlos Martyn

The work is a nineteenth‑century historical narrative that treats the Pilgrim Fathers as the heroic founders…

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A history of tithes

Henry William Clarke

Henry William Clarke’s A History of Tithes is a scholarly rebuttal to earlier authorities on the medieval…

Cover of The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 - Volume 40 of 55, 1690-1691
 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 Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 - Volume 40 of 55, 1690-1691 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 primary documents and ethnographic excerpts that illuminate the…

Cover of Byzantine Churches in Constantinople: Their History and Architecture

Byzantine Churches in Constantinople: Their History and Architecture

Van Millingen, Alexander; George, Walter S.; Henderson, Arthur E. (Arthur Edward); Traquair, Ramsay

The work is a scholarly survey of the surviving Byzantine churches of Constantinople, written by Alexander…