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History of the Reformation in the Sixteenth Century, Volume 2 - Jean-Henri Merle d'Aubigné
History of the Reformation in the Sixteenth Century, Volume 2 - Jean-Henri Merle d'Aubigné
- Author: Jean-Henri Merle d'Aubigné
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Early Modern
The History of the Reformation in the Sixteenth Century, by Jean-Henri Merle d’Aubigné, is a classic work on the great events that re-opened the Christian gospel to a needy world. The author was a Swiss Protestant pastor. He was also a historian...
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius, Book 2 - Niccolò Machiavelli
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius, Book 2 - Niccolò Machiavelli
- Author: Niccolò Machiavelli
- Genre: Political Science / Early Modern
In "Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius", posthumous work by the author of The Prince, Machiavelli discusses the useful lessons that could be learnt from the past for the present. As the title mentions, the subject of the work is the...
History of the Catholic Church from the Renaissance to the French Revolution: Volume 1 - Rev. James MacCaffrey
History of the Catholic Church from the Renaissance to the French Revolution: Volume 1 - Rev. James MacCaffrey
- Author: Rev. James MacCaffrey
- Genre: Early Modern / Christianity - Other
This first volume of a two volume set traces the trials and triumphs of the Catholic Church during the period before the reformation up to the 19th century. The origins, causes and developments of the various protestant sects that were the fruit of...
Summa Theologica - 12 Pars Secunda Secundae, Treatise on Gratuitous Graces and the States of Life - Saint Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica - 12 Pars Secunda Secundae, Treatise on Gratuitous Graces and the States of Life - Saint Thomas Aquinas
- Author: Saint Thomas Aquinas
- Genre: Early Modern / Christianity - Other
The Summa Theologica (or the Summa Theologiae or simply the Summa, written 1265–1274) is the most famous work of Thomas Aquinas (c. 1225–1274) although it was never finished. It was intended as a manual for beginners and a compilation of all of the...
History of the Thirty Years War, Volume 5 - Friedrich Schiller
History of the Thirty Years War, Volume 5 - Friedrich Schiller
- Author: Friedrich Schiller
- Genre: War & Military / Early Modern
Volume 5 concludes the History of the Thirty Years War in Germany. [Note From the first PG etext of this work: Separate sources indicate that at the beginning of this war there were about 15 million people in Germany, and at the end of the war there...
A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge (Version 2) - George Berkeley
A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge (Version 2) - George Berkeley
- Author: George Berkeley
- Genre: Early Modern
A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge (commonly called Treatise when referring to Berkeley's works) is a 1710 work, in English, by Irish Empiricist philosopher George Berkeley. This book largely seeks to refute the claims made by...
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius, Book 3 - Niccolò Machiavelli
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius, Book 3 - Niccolò Machiavelli
- Author: Niccolò Machiavelli
- Genre: Political Science / Early Modern
In "Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius", posthumous work by the author of The Prince, Machiavelli discusses the useful lessons that could be learnt from the past for the present. As the title mentions, the subject of the work is the...
Summa Theologica - 08 Pars Prima Secundae, Treatise on Habits, Virtues and Vices - Saint Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica - 08 Pars Prima Secundae, Treatise on Habits, Virtues and Vices - Saint Thomas Aquinas
- Author: Saint Thomas Aquinas
- Genre: Early Modern / Christianity - Other
The Summa Theologica (or the Summa Theologiae or simply the Summa, written 1265–1274) is the most famous work of Thomas Aquinas (c. 1225–1274) although it was never finished. It was intended as a manual for beginners and a compilation of all of the...
Handbook of Home Rule: Being Articles on the Irish Question - Undefined
Handbook of Home Rule: Being Articles on the Irish Question - Undefined
- Author: Undefined
- Genre: Political Science / Early Modern / Modern (19th C)
The issue of Irish home rule was the dominant political question of British and Irish politics in the late 1800s to early 1900s. Published in 1887, this work contains articles in favour of the measure. (Irish home rule was finally approved in 1914...
Human Nature and Conduct - Part 4 Conclusion - John Dewey
Human Nature and Conduct - Part 4 Conclusion - John Dewey
- Author: John Dewey
- Genre: Early Modern / Modern
John Dewey, an early 20th Century American philosopher, psychologist, educational theorist. This project encompasses Part 4 of 4 of his book Human Nature and Conduct, An Introduction to Social Psychology, published in 1922. Dewey's uses the words...
Summa Theologica - 06 Pars Prima Secundae, On the Last End, On Human Acts - Saint Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica - 06 Pars Prima Secundae, On the Last End, On Human Acts - Saint Thomas Aquinas
- Author: Saint Thomas Aquinas
- Genre: Early Modern / Christianity - Other
The Summa Theologica (or the Summa Theologiae or simply the Summa, written between 1265–1274) is the most famous work of Thomas Aquinas, even though it was never finished. It was intended as a manual for beginners and a compilation of all of the...
The Chronicles of America Volume 06 - The Fathers of New England - Charles McLean Andrews
The Chronicles of America Volume 06 - The Fathers of New England - Charles McLean Andrews
- Author: Charles McLean Andrews
- Genre: History / Early Modern
This sixth installment in the series, as one would expect, deals with events in the northern settlements that were taking place at the same times as those in the southern. The opening passage explains: "The Pilgrims and Puritans, whose migration to...
The Wonders of the Invisible World, and A Farther Account of the Tryals of the New England Witches - Cotton Mather
The Wonders of the Invisible World, and A Farther Account of the Tryals of the New England Witches - Cotton Mather
- Author: Cotton Mather
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Religion / Early Modern
Here are first hand accounts, published in 1692, of the infamous "Salem Witch Trials". In addition to Mather's interpretation of the Book of Revelations (which he calls "God's last letter to the people of earth"), included are explanations of what...
A Popular History of Ireland, Book 09 - Thomas D'Arcy McGee
A Popular History of Ireland, Book 09 - Thomas D'Arcy McGee
- Author: Thomas D'Arcy McGee
- Genre: Early Modern
Thomas D'Arcy McGee was an Irish refugee and a father of the Canadian confederation. His work on Irish history is comprehensive, encompassing twelve books; Book 9 subtitled “From the Accession of James I Till the Death of Cromwell”, addresses the...
Essays book 2 - Michel Eyquem de Montaigne
Essays book 2 - Michel Eyquem de Montaigne
- Author: Michel Eyquem de Montaigne
- Genre: Essays / Early Modern
Michel Eyquem de Montaigne is one of the most influential writers of the French Renaissance, known for popularising the essay as a literary genre. He is also known as the father of Modern Skepticism. His pieces became famous for his apparent...
Two Treatises of Civil Government - John Locke
Two Treatises of Civil Government - John Locke
- Author: John Locke
- Genre: Political Science / Early Modern
The Two Treatises of Civil Government is a work of political philosophy published anonymously in 1689 by John Locke. The First Treatise is an extended attack on Sir Robert Filmer's Patriarcha, which argued for a divinely-ordained, hereditary,...
Areopagitica - John Milton
Areopagitica - John Milton
- Author: John Milton
- Genre: Political Science / Early Modern
A prose tract or polemic by John Milton, published November 23, 1644, at the height of the English Civil War... Milton, though a supporter of the Parliament, argued forcefully against the Licensing Order of 1643, noting that such censorship had...
Historical Tales, Vol III: Spanish American - Charles McLean Andrews
Historical Tales, Vol III: Spanish American - Charles McLean Andrews
- Author: Charles McLean Andrews
- Genre: Children's Non-fiction / History / Early Modern
Volume III of a series containing anecdotes and stories, some well-known, others less so, of particular countries. This third volume covers the discovery, colonization, founding, and early years of the countries of South America, describing history...
History of the Catholic Church from the Renaissance to the French Revolution: Volume 2 - Rev. James MacCaffrey
History of the Catholic Church from the Renaissance to the French Revolution: Volume 2 - Rev. James MacCaffrey
- Author: Rev. James MacCaffrey
- Genre: Early Modern / Christianity - Other
In this second volume of a two volume set, the focus in on the history of the Catholic Church in England, Scotland, and Ireland, during the period from before the reformation up to the 19th century. Starting with the conditions in these countries...
Margaret Fuller (Marchesa Ossoli) - Julia Ward Howe
Margaret Fuller (Marchesa Ossoli) - Julia Ward Howe
- Author: Julia Ward Howe
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography / Early Modern
A biography of the early feminist writer Margaret Fuller, a groundbreaking journalist and author of Woman in the Nineteenth Century, and one of America's first prominent feminists. The author is Julia Ward Howe, best known for writing "The Battle...
Rational Theology and Christian Philosophy volume 1 - John Tulloch
Rational Theology and Christian Philosophy volume 1 - John Tulloch
- Author: John Tulloch
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Early Modern / Christianity - Other
This work addresses the birth and development of a rationalist stream in the Christianity of England in the seventeenth century. In this volume, Tulloch focuses on five latitudinarian churchmen, examining their lives and thought. - Summary by Barry...
Toussaint L’Ouverture: A Biography and Autobiography - John Relly Beard
Toussaint L’Ouverture: A Biography and Autobiography - John Relly Beard
- Author: John Relly Beard
- Genre: War & Military / Biography & Autobiography / Early Modern
François-Dominique Toussaint L’Ouverture (1743-1803) rose to fame in 1791 during the Haitian struggle for independence. In this revolt, he led thousands of slaves on the island of Hispañola to fight against the colonial European powers of France,...
Chronicles of Canada Volume 07 - The Fighting Governer: A Chronicle of Frontenac - Charles W. Colby
Chronicles of Canada Volume 07 - The Fighting Governer: A Chronicle of Frontenac - Charles W. Colby
- Author: Charles W. Colby
- Genre: Early Modern
The Canada to which Frontenac came in 1672 was no longer the infant colony it had been when Richelieu founded theCompany of One Hundred Associates. Though its inhabitants numbered less than seven thousand, the institutions under which theylived...
The Life and Times of Kateri Tekakwitha, The Lily of the Mohawks - Ellen Walworth
The Life and Times of Kateri Tekakwitha, The Lily of the Mohawks - Ellen Walworth
- Author: Ellen Walworth
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography / Early Modern / Christianity - Biographies
Saint Kateri Tekakwitha's lifespan of only about 24 years was spent in utter humility and penitence. In spite of her natural diffidence, she summoned the strength to assert her desire to become a Christian and to consecrate herself as a virgin, and...
Discovery and Exploration of the Mississippi Valley - John Gilmary Shea
Discovery and Exploration of the Mississippi Valley - John Gilmary Shea
- Author: John Gilmary Shea
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography / Early Modern / Exploration
"It has long been a desideratum to have in English the early narratives, of the discovery and exploration of the Mississippi. Marquette's map and voyage have indeed appeared, but the narrative varies in no small degree from the authentic manuscript,...
Recollections of the Revolution and the Empire - Henriette Lucie Dillon, marquise de La Tour du Pin
Recollections of the Revolution and the Empire - Henriette Lucie Dillon, marquise de La Tour du Pin
- Author: Henriette Lucie Dillon marquise de La Tour du Pin
- Genre: Memoirs / Early Modern / Modern (19th C)
An aristocratic Frenchwoman's personal record of the dazzling extravagance of the Ancien Régime, of the court of Marie Antoinette, of the Revolution, of her life in exile (partly in Upstate New York) and of the court of Napoleon Bonaparte. This...
A Treatise Of Human Nature, Volume 2 - David Hume
A Treatise Of Human Nature, Volume 2 - David Hume
- Author: David Hume
- Genre: Early Modern
This book, published in two volumes called "books" by the author, is a treatment of everything from the origin of our ideas to how they are to be divided. It includes important statements of Scepticism and Hume's experimental method. Part 1 deals...
Chronicles of Canada Volume 10 - A Chronicle of Montcalm - William Wood
Chronicles of Canada Volume 10 - A Chronicle of Montcalm - William Wood
- Author: William Wood
- Genre: Early Modern
Montcalm is, of course, a very prominent character in every history of New France. This book gives a brief history of the Montcalm family in France and its importance in wars. It continues with its descendant as he moves to Canada and defends the...
The Experienced English Housekeeper - Elizabeth Raffald
The Experienced English Housekeeper - Elizabeth Raffald
- Author: Elizabeth Raffald
- Genre: Early Modern / Cooking
'Cut a large old hare in small pieces, and put it in a mug with three blades of mace, a little salt, two large onions, one red herring, six morels, half a pint of red wine, three quarts of water, bake it in a quick oven three hours...'. English...
Chronicles of Canada Volume 13 - The United Empire Loyalists: A Chronicle of the Great Migration - W. Stewart Wallace
Chronicles of Canada Volume 13 - The United Empire Loyalists: A Chronicle of the Great Migration - W. Stewart Wallace
- Author: W. Stewart Wallace
- Genre: *Non-fiction / History / Early Modern
Volume 13 of The Chronicles of Canada Series. This volume sheds light on the often misunderstood Americans who chose to remain loyal to the Crown of England during and after the American Revolution. While the vast majority of American writings which...
History of the Thirty Years War, Volume 2 - Friedrich Schiller
History of the Thirty Years War, Volume 2 - Friedrich Schiller
- Author: Friedrich Schiller
- Genre: Early Modern
The History of the Thirty Years War is a five volume work, which followed his very successful History of the Revolt of the Netherlands. Written for a wider audience than Revolt, it is a vivid history, colored by Schiller’s own interest in the...
The Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysic of Morals - Immanuel Kant
The Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysic of Morals - Immanuel Kant
- Author: Immanuel Kant
- Genre: Early Modern
The Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysic of Morals, also known as The Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals or Foundations of the Metaphysics of Morals or Grounding of the Metaphysics of Morals, is Immanuel Kant's first contribution to moral...
Chronicles of Canada Volume 04 - Jesuit Missions: A Chronicle of the Cross in the Wilderness - Thomas Guthrie Marquis
Chronicles of Canada Volume 04 - Jesuit Missions: A Chronicle of the Cross in the Wilderness - Thomas Guthrie Marquis
- Author: Thomas Guthrie Marquis
- Genre: Early Modern
These little books were designed to cover Canadian history in a scholarly and readable fashion. This volume, as suggested in the title, folows the Jesuit missionaries through North America as they attempt, with little success, to convert the natives...
A Half Century of Conflict - Francis Parkman, Jr.
A Half Century of Conflict - Francis Parkman, Jr.
- Author: Francis Parkman Jr.
- Genre: Early Modern
Francis Parkman (1823-1893) is one of the great nineteenth century United States historians along with William Prescott, John Lothrop Motley, George Bancroft, and Henry Adams. Parkman has been hailed as one of America's great historians and as a...
Knickerbocker's History of New York, Vol. 2 - Washington Irving
Knickerbocker's History of New York, Vol. 2 - Washington Irving
- Author: Washington Irving
- Genre: Satire / Early Modern
Washington Irving, an author, biographer, historian, and diplomat, completed his first major work, a satire of contemporary local history and politics entitled A History of New-York from the Beginning of the World to the End of the Dutch Dynasty, by...
Francisco Pizarro and the Conquest of Peru - Frederick A. Ober
Francisco Pizarro and the Conquest of Peru - Frederick A. Ober
- Author: Frederick A. Ober
- Genre: Early Modern / Exploration
Francisco Pizarro (1471 - 1541) was born into poverty, the illegitimate son of a Spanish soldier. After a brief career as a swineherd, he volunteered to join an expedition to the colony of Darien in Panama. He rose through the ranks to become right...
Walpole - John Morley
Walpole - John Morley
- Author: John Morley
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography / Early Modern
Robert Walpole, 1st Duke of Orford (1676-1745), is generally regarded as the first prime minister of Great Britain. This is a short biography of this important and controversial statesman by the British historian and anti-imperialist, John Morley...
Summa Theologica - 13 Tertia Pars, The Saviour: His Incarnation and His Salvific Acts - Saint Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica - 13 Tertia Pars, The Saviour: His Incarnation and His Salvific Acts - Saint Thomas Aquinas
- Author: Saint Thomas Aquinas
- Genre: Early Modern / Christianity - Other
The Summa Theologica (or the Summa Theologiae or simply the Summa, written 1265–1274) is the most famous work of Thomas Aquinas (c. 1225–1274) although it was never finished. It was intended as a manual for beginners and a compilation of all of the...
This Country of Ours, Part 5 - Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall
This Country of Ours, Part 5 - Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall
- Author: Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall
- Genre: Reference / Early Modern
Another fine history book for children! Published in 1917, Marshall's book of stories from the history of the United States begins with accounts of exploration and settlement, and ends with the presidency of Woodrow Wilson. This is Part 5: Stories...
The Story of the Barbary Corsairs - Stanley LANE-POOLE
The Story of the Barbary Corsairs - Stanley LANE-POOLE
- Author: Stanley LANE-POOLE
- Genre: Early Modern
A history of the pirating activities along and around the "Barbary coast" between the 15th and 19th centuries, from the time of the pirate, Ujra Barbarossa, to the French control of Algeria in 1830. Although piracy had plagued all the world's...