History - Religious

The Wonders of the Invisible World Being an Account of the Tryals of Several Witches Lately Executed in New-England, to which is added A Farther Account of the Tryals of the New-England Witches

Mather, Cotton; Mather, Increase

The work is a two‑part historical account of the Salem witch trials, first presented by Cotton Mather, D.D.,…

The Old English Herbals

Eleanour Sinclair Rohde

The Old English Herbals is a scholarly survey of Britain’s botanical literature, tracing the development of…

The Dabistán, or School of manners, Volume 3 (of 3) translated from the original Persian, with notes and illustrations

The Dabistán, or School of Manners, Volume 3 is a scholarly translation of a Persian treatise that catalogues…

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

Henry Charles Lea

Lea’s work is a scholarly survey of the medieval Inquisition, divided into two major parts that bracket the…

The Negro in Tennessee, 1790-1865

C. Perry Patterson

The work is a scholarly study by Caleb Perry Patterson, an adjunct professor of government at the University…

The floral symbolism of the great masters

Elizabeth Haig

The work is a scholarly survey of how Christian art has employed botanical imagery to convey theological…

History of the Reign of Philip the Second King of Spain, Vol. 3 And Biographical & Critical Miscellanies

William Hickling Prescott

The Journal of Negro History, Volume 7, 1922

Various

The Journal of Negro History, Volume 7 (1922) is a scholarly periodical that opens with a sweeping survey of…

Historic Sites of Lancashire and Cheshire A Wayfarer's Notes in the Palatine Counties, Historical, Legendary, Genealogical, and Descriptive.

James Croston

James Croston’s “Historic Sites of Lancashire and Cheshire” is a companion volume to his earlier “Nooks and…

Las Casas: "The Apostle of the Indies"

Alice J. Knight

Alice J. Knight’s work is a biographical narrative that places Bartolomé de las Casas within the broader…

Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 1

Charles Eliot

This work is a scholarly survey of the development and spread of Hinduism and Buddhism, written by Charles…

The quest of the historical Jesus: a critical study of its progress from Reimarus to Wrede

Albert Schweitzer

Albert Schweitzer’s work is a scholarly critique of the “Quest for the Historical Jesus,” tracing the…

The treatise of Lorenzo Valla on the Donation of Constantine

Lorenzo Valla

The work is a scholarly treatise by Lorenzo Valla, a fifteenth‑century Italian humanist, that examines the…

Memorials of old Durham

The volume is a scholarly survey of Durham’s antiquities, assembled from the contributions of historians,…

A History of the Reformation (Vol. 1 of 2)

Thomas M. Lindsay

Thomas M. Lindsay’s A History of the Reformation is the first volume of a two‑part scholarly series intended…

The Story of the Mormons, from the Date of Their Origin to the Year 1901

William Alexander Linn

The work is a secular, fact‑based history of the Latter‑Day Saint movement, stretching from its earliest…

The Jesuits, 1534-1921 A History of the Society of Jesus from Its Foundation to the Present Time

Thomas J. Campbell

Thomas J. Campbell’s “The Jesuits, 1534‑1921” is a comprehensive historical survey of the Society of Jesus…

A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 5

François Guizot

The Story of Our Hymns

Ernest Edwin Ryden

The work is a scholarly survey of Christian hymnody, tracing its development from the earliest chants of the…

The Expositor's Bible: The Book of the Twelve Prophets, Vol. 1 Commonly Called the Minor

George Adam Smith

The Expositor’s Bible presents a scholarly commentary on the twelve minor prophetic books of the Old…

The Catacombs of Rome, and Their Testimony Relative to Primitive Christianity

W. H. Withrow

The book is a scholarly survey of Rome’s Christian catacombs, written by William Henry Withrow to fill a gap…

The history of the Jews: From the war with Rome to the present time

H. C. Adams

The work is a nineteenth‑century popular history by Henry Cadwallader Adams, intended to trace the fortunes…

History of England from the Fall of Wolsey to the Death of Elizabeth. Vol. III

James Anthony Froude

James Anthony Froude’s third volume of History of England from the Fall of Wolsey to the Death of Elizabeth…

The Divorce of Catherine of Aragon The Story as Told by the Imperial Ambassadors Resident at the Court of Henry VIII

James Anthony Froude

The work is a scholarly narrative by James Anthony Froude that treats the divorce of Catherine of Aragon as a…