History - Religious

Christmas in Ritual and Tradition, Christian and Pagan

Clement A. Miles

Clement A. Miles’s work is a scholarly survey of the customs that surround the Christmas season, divided into…

The Holy See and the Wandering of the Nations, from St. Leo I to St. Gregory I

T. W. Allies

Thomas William Allies’ scholarly work, The Holy See and the Wandering of the Nations, offers a meticulous…

History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, Vols. 1 and 2

William Hickling Prescott

William H. Prescott’s two‑volume work is a scholarly history of Philip II, king of Spain from 1556 to 1598,…

Forerunners and rivals of Christianity: being studies in religious history from 330 B.C. to 330 A.D., Vol. 1 (of 2)

Francis Legge

The work is a scholarly compilation that gathers, translates, and annotates a range of fragmentary documents…

The Latin Hymn-writers and Their Hymns

Samuel Willoughby Duffield

The work is a scholarly survey of Latin hymn writers and their verses, assembled after the untimely death of…

The early history of the Hebrews

A. H. Sayce

The book is a scholarly attempt to rewrite the history of Israel on the basis of recent archaeological…

The History of the Knights Templars, the Temple Church, and the Temple

C. G. Addison

Addison’s work is a scholarly survey of the Knights Templar, the Temple Church, and the later legal societies…

Bell's Cathedrals: The Priory Church of St. Bartholomew-the-Great, Smithfield A Short History of the Foundation and a Description of the Fabric and also of the Church of St. Bartholomew-the-Less

George Worley

George Worley’s work is a scholarly handbook that surveys the history, architecture, and artefacts of the…

Military and religious life in the Middle Ages and at the period of the Renaissance

P. L. Jacob

This work is a scholarly survey of the intertwined forces that shaped European society from the early Middle…

The Churches of Paris, from Clovis to Charles X

Sophia Beale

Sophia Beale’s work is a scholarly guide to the churches of Paris, tracing their histories from the early…

Hindu gods and heroes: studies in the history of the religion of India

Lionel D. Barnett

Lionel D. Barnett’s work is a scholarly lecture‑derived study that traces Hindu mythology from its earliest…

History of Rationalism Embracing a Survey of the Present State of Protestant Theology

J. F. Hurst

The work is a scholarly survey that traces the rise of rationalist thought and its impact on Protestant…

The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Proverbs

Robert F. Horton

The Kabbalah: Its Doctrines, Development, and Literature

Christian D. Ginsburg

The work is a scholarly survey of Kabbalistic doctrine, tracing its legendary origins from angelic…

Peter's Rock in Mohammed's Flood, from St. Gregory the Great to St. Leo III

T. W. Allies

This work is a scholarly survey of the early medieval papacy, presented as a single volume that continues a…

Among the Sioux: A Story of the Twin Cities and the Two Dakotas

R. J. Creswell

Among the Sioux: A Story of the Twin Cities and the Two Dakotas is a biographical survey of missionary…

Selections From Josephus

Flavius Josephus

Luther, vol. 4 of 6

Hartmann Grisar

This fourth volume of Hartmann Grisar’s six‑part “Life of Luther” continues the author’s scholarly,…

Andrew Melville

William Morison

The work is a scholarly biography of Andrew Melville, the eminent 16th‑century Scottish reformer, written by…

The Kirk on Rutgers Farm

Frederick Brückbauer

The Kirk on Rutgers Farm is a historical chronicle that weaves together the story of a New York church…

History of the Jews in America From the Period of the Discovery of the New World to the Present Time

Peter Wiernik

Peter Wiernik’s History of the Jews in America is a sweeping survey that traces Jewish presence from the…

Woman, Church & State The Original Exposé of Male Collaboration Against the Female Sex

Matilda Joslyn Gage

Matilda Joslyn Gage’s Woman, Church & State is a polemical history that argues the oppression of women is a…

The Religions of Japan, from the Dawn of History to the Era of Méiji

William Elliot Griffis

The work is a scholarly survey of Japanese religious history that stops short of claiming to represent modern…

History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom

Andrew Dickson White

The work is a sweeping historical study that sets out to trace the long‑running clash between scientific…