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King and Parliament (A.D. 1603-1714) - George Henry WAKELING
King and Parliament (A.D. 1603-1714) - George Henry WAKELING
- Author: George Henry WAKELING
- Genre: War & Military / Biography & Autobiography / Early Modern
This slim volume by the Oxford University lecturer, George Henry Wakeling, deals with the period in British history from the reign of King James I through the death of Queen Anne. The story begins with England, transformed by the Protestant...
Summa Theologica - 03 Pars Prima, Angels and the Six Days - Saint Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica - 03 Pars Prima, Angels and the Six Days - 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 although it was never finished. It was intended as a manual for beginners as a compilation of all of the main theological...
The Old Régime in Canada - Francis Parkman, Jr.
The Old Régime in Canada - Francis Parkman, Jr.
- Author: Francis Parkman Jr.
- Genre: Early Modern
Francis Parkman is an nineteenth century American historian. He devoted most of his life to a seven volume history of "The French and English in North America." "The Old Régime in Canada" is the fourth volume of the series and mainly covers the...
A Popular History of Ireland, Book 12 - Thomas D'Arcy McGee
A Popular History of Ireland, Book 12 - 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 10 subtitled “From the Union of Great Britain and Ireland to the Emancipation of the...
The Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian War after the Conquest of Canada - Francis Parkman, Jr.
The Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian War after the Conquest of Canada - Francis Parkman, Jr.
- Author: Francis Parkman Jr.
- Genre: Early Modern
"The Conspiracy of Pontiac" was Parkman's first history book and first published in 1851. It covers the Indian wars of 1763 to 1769. Pontiac, an Ottawa chief, put together a coalition of Indian tribes from around the Great Lakes region and the...
Frederic the Great - Thomas Babington Macaulay
Frederic the Great - Thomas Babington Macaulay
- Author: Thomas Babington Macaulay
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography / Early Modern
Macaulay's review essay on Frederick the Great of Prussia is found in vol. iii of his Critical and Historical Essays, and concentrates primarily on the ways in which he built Prussia up into a major military power. Though it's impossible to read the...
Catherine De' Medici - Honoré de Balzac
Catherine De' Medici - Honoré de Balzac
- Author: Honoré de Balzac
- Genre: Historical Fiction / Early Modern
The Philosophical Studies from The Human Comedy (La Comedie Humaine) are a series of works that are intended as a reflection on history in part through the use of fiction. 'Catherine de Medici' is one such 'study', and features, alongside detailed...
A Popular History of Ireland, Book 11 - Thomas D'Arcy McGee
A Popular History of Ireland, Book 11 - 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 11 subtitled “From the Accession of George I to the Legislative Union of England and...
Philosophical Rudiments Concerning Government and Society - Thomas HOBBES
Philosophical Rudiments Concerning Government and Society - Thomas HOBBES
- Author: Thomas HOBBES
- Genre: Political Science / Early Modern
De Cive ("On the citizen") is one of Thomas Hobbes's major works. "The book was published originally in Latin from Paris in 1642, followed by two further Latin editions in 1647 from Amsterdam. The English translation of the work made its first...
A History of the Four Georges, and of William IV, Volume 3 - Justin McCarthy
A History of the Four Georges, and of William IV, Volume 3 - Justin McCarthy
- Author: Justin McCarthy
- Genre: Early Modern
In Volume III of this series on the Hanoverian Kings, Justin McCarthy is joined by his son, Justin Hartly McCarthy, a liberal Irish MP like his father. Together they bring to life, poor stubborn George III, the outrageous radical, John Wilkes, the...
Essays book 3 - Michel Eyquem de Montaigne
Essays book 3 - 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...
Three Dialogues between Hylas and Philonous - George Berkeley
Three Dialogues between Hylas and Philonous - George Berkeley
- Author: George Berkeley
- Genre: Religion / Early Modern
Berkeley uses Hylas as his primary contemporary philosophical adversary, John Locke. A Hylas is featured in Greek mythology and the name Hylas is derived from an ancient Greek word for "matter" which Hylas argues for in the dialogues. Philonous...
Leviathan (Books I and II) - Thomas HOBBES
Leviathan (Books I and II) - Thomas HOBBES
- Author: Thomas HOBBES
- Genre: Political Science / Early Modern
Leviathan, or The Matter, Forme and Power of a Common Wealth Ecclesiasticall and Civil, commonly called Leviathan, is a book written in 1651 by Thomas Hobbes. It is titled after the biblical Leviathan. The book concerns the structure of society (as...
Knickerbocker's History of New York, Vol. 1 - Washington Irving
Knickerbocker's History of New York, Vol. 1 - 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...
Conversations on the Plurality of Worlds - Bernard Le Bovier de FONTENELLE
Conversations on the Plurality of Worlds - Bernard Le Bovier de FONTENELLE
- Author: Bernard Le Bovier de FONTENELLE
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Early Modern / Astronomy / Physics & Mechanics
This book is a popular science book written in the late 1600s. It is written as a series of conversations between a gallant philosopher and a countess, while walking in her garden and gazing at the stars. The philosopher explains the heliocentric...
A Popular History of Ireland, Book 10 - Thomas D'Arcy McGee
A Popular History of Ireland, Book 10 - 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 10 subtitled “From the Restoration of Charles II to the Accession of George I”,...
Chronicles of Canada Volume 19 - Pathfinders of the Great Plains - Lawrence J. BURPEE
Chronicles of Canada Volume 19 - Pathfinders of the Great Plains - Lawrence J. BURPEE
- Author: Lawrence J. BURPEE
- Genre: Early Modern / Exploration
This is volume 19 of The Chronicles of Canada series. This is the account of La Verendryes' quest for an overland route to the Pacific Ocean. (Summary by Esther)...
History of England from the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Revolution of 1688, Volume 1D - David Hume
History of England from the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Revolution of 1688, Volume 1D - David Hume
- Author: David Hume
- Genre: History / Early Modern
David Hume is one of the great philosophers of the Western intellectual tradition. His philosophical writings earned him lasting fame and renown; his historical writing earned his bread and butter. His "The History of England from the Invasion of...
Summa Theologica - 07 Pars Prima Secundae, Treatise on the Passions - Saint Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica - 07 Pars Prima Secundae, Treatise on the Passions - 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...
The Phenomenology of Mind, Volume 1 - Georg Wilhelm Friedrich HEGEL
The Phenomenology of Mind, Volume 1 - Georg Wilhelm Friedrich HEGEL
- Author: Georg Wilhelm Friedrich HEGEL
- Genre: Early Modern
Phänomenologie des Geistes (1807) is Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel's most important and widely discussed philosophical work. Hegel's first book, it describes the three-stage dialectical life of Spirit. The title can be translated as either The...
This Country of Ours, Part 6 - Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall
This Country of Ours, Part 6 - 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 6: Stories...
The Court and Character of King James whereunto Is Now Added the Court of King Charles: Continued unto the Beginning of These Unhappy Times: with Some Observations upon Him Instead of a Character - Anthony WELDON
The Court and Character of King James whereunto Is Now Added the Court of King Charles: Continued unto the Beginning of These Unhappy Times: with Some Observations upon Him Instead of a Character - Anthony WELDON
- Author: Anthony WELDON
- Genre: Early Modern
Gossipy exposés of shenanigans at the heart of government are nothing new. The author, Sir Anthony Weldon (1583–1648), was a courtier of years of experience and standing; his account of court intrigues around the Stuart Kings James I (1603-1625) and...
Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors and Architects Vol 5 - Giorgio VASARI
Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors and Architects Vol 5 - Giorgio VASARI
- Author: Giorgio VASARI
- Genre: Art / Design & Architecture / Biography & Autobiography / Early Modern
The Lives of the Most Excellent Italian Painters, Sculptors, and Architects, from Cimabue to Our Times, or Le Vite de' più eccellenti pittori, scultori, e architettori da Cimabue insino a' tempi nostri, as it was originally known in Italian, is a...
A Study Of Army Camp Life During American Revolution - Mary Hazel SNUFF
A Study Of Army Camp Life During American Revolution - Mary Hazel SNUFF
- Author: Mary Hazel SNUFF
- Genre: War & Military / Early Modern
Housing, Food, Clothing, Health, Sanitation, Recreation, Religion, Duties, Discipline. A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of master of arts in history in the Graduate School of the University of Illinois...
The South American Republics, Part I - Thomas Cleland DAWSON
The South American Republics, Part I - Thomas Cleland DAWSON
- Author: Thomas Cleland DAWSON
- Genre: Early Modern / Modern (19th C)
The question most frequently asked me since I began my stay in South America has been: "Why do they have so many revolutions there?" Possibly the events recounted in the following pages may help the reader to answer this for himself. I hope that he...
This Country of Ours, Part 2 - Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall
This Country of Ours, Part 2 - 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 2: Stories...
Pantheisticon - John TOLAND
Pantheisticon - John TOLAND
- Author: John TOLAND
- Genre: Early Modern / Other religions
Pantheisticon: or, the Form Of Celebrating the Socratic-Society. Divided into Three Parts. Which Contain, I. The Morals and Axioms of the Pantheists; or the Brotherhood. II. Their Deity and Philosophy. III. Their Liberty, and a Law, neither...
Summa Theologica - 05 Pars Prima, On the Divine Government - Saint Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica - 05 Pars Prima, On the Divine Government - 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...
Devotions upon Emergent Occasions - John Donne
Devotions upon Emergent Occasions - John Donne
- Author: John Donne
- Genre: Essays / Early Modern / Christianity - Other
Devotions upon Emergent Occasions is a 1624 prose work by the English writer John Donne. It is a series of reflections that were written as Donne recovered from a serious illness, believed to be either typhus or relapsing fever. (Donne does not...
The History of England, from the Accession of James II - (Volume 3, Chapter 15) - Thomas Babington Macaulay
The History of England, from the Accession of James II - (Volume 3, Chapter 15) - Thomas Babington Macaulay
- Author: Thomas Babington Macaulay
- Genre: Early Modern
This is volume 3 chapter 15 of a series of books written by the Baron Macaulay (1800-1959) in the 19th century. It starts with a brief resume of the history of England up until the Stuart kings and then starts to delve into a little more detail....
Beacon Lights of History, Volume 11: American Founders - John Lord
Beacon Lights of History, Volume 11: American Founders - John Lord
- Author: John Lord
- Genre: Early Modern
The eleventh volume of the Beacon Lights of History series, this volume is the first that directly refers to the United States. In this volume is found Benjamin Franklin, George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, John Adam, Thomas Jefferson and John...
Secret Chambers and Hiding Places - Allan FEA
Secret Chambers and Hiding Places - Allan FEA
- Author: Allan FEA
- Genre: Early Modern
“Secret Chambers and Hiding Places” is a collection of concealments and their uses, almost all within England, although a very few passages and chambers in continental Europe are mentioned, Jacobite hidey holes in Scotland, while the final chapter...
The South American Republics, Part II - Thomas Cleland DAWSON
The South American Republics, Part II - Thomas Cleland DAWSON
- Author: Thomas Cleland DAWSON
- Genre: Early Modern / Modern (19th C)
This history begins when Pizarro and Almagro, Valdivia and Benalcazar, led their desperadoes across the Isthmus to the conquest, massacre, and enslavement of the prosperous and civilised millions who inhabited the Pacific coast of South America. It...
A Treatise Of Human Nature, Volume 1 - David Hume
A Treatise Of Human Nature, Volume 1 - 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 16 - The War Chief of the Six Nations: A Chronicle of Joseph Brant - Louis Aubrey WOOD
Chronicles of Canada Volume 16 - The War Chief of the Six Nations: A Chronicle of Joseph Brant - Louis Aubrey WOOD
- Author: Louis Aubrey WOOD
- Genre: Early Modern
'Thayendanegea!' The name was taken from the great book of nature. It was a birth-name of the Mohawks meaning two sticks of wood bound together, a sign of strength; and the woman hoped that her tiny child might one day be a man of valour among the...
History of the Thirty Years War, Volume 1 - Friedrich Schiller
History of the Thirty Years War, Volume 1 - Friedrich Schiller
- Author: Friedrich Schiller
- Genre: Political Science / 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...
On War (Volume 1) - Carl von CLAUSEWITZ
On War (Volume 1) - Carl von CLAUSEWITZ
- Author: Carl von CLAUSEWITZ
- Genre: Political Science / Early Modern
A classic work on military strategy by a veteran of the Napoleonic Wars. The author's style is dialectical: he makes two strong but opposing statements and then draws them together to describe many facets of war. Free of technical jargon, and...
Leviathan (Books III and IV) - Thomas HOBBES
Leviathan (Books III and IV) - Thomas HOBBES
- Author: Thomas HOBBES
- Genre: Political Science / Early Modern / Christianity - Other
In Books 3 and 4 of Leviathan, Thomas Hobbes elaborates on the political philosophy set forth in the first two books, by considering the nature of a Christian commonwealth. Book 3 begins with a wealth of biblical scholarship, directed at...
Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini Vol 1 - Benvenuto CELLINI
Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini Vol 1 - Benvenuto CELLINI
- Author: Benvenuto CELLINI
- Genre: Memoirs / Early Modern
Cellini's autobiographical memoirs, which he began writing in Florence in 1558, give a detailed account of his singular career, as well as his loves, hatreds, passions, and delights, written in an energetic, direct, and racy style. They show a great...
Chronicles of Canada Volume 12 - The Father of British Canada; A Chronicle of Carleton - William Wood
Chronicles of Canada Volume 12 - The Father of British Canada; A Chronicle of Carleton - William Wood
- Author: William Wood
- Genre: Early Modern
Carleton’s first eight years as governor of Canada were almost entirely occupied with civil administration. The next four were equally occupied with war.This is the account of how Carleton and his multiracial army fought off the American invasion of...