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A Popular History of Ireland, Book 07 - Thomas D'Arcy McGee
A Popular History of Ireland, Book 07 - Thomas D'Arcy McGee
- Author: Thomas D'Arcy McGee
- Genre: Middle Ages/Middle History / 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 7 subtitled “Unionized Crowns of England and Ireland”, addresses the Tudor period,...
The History of England, from the Accession of James II - (Volume 3, Chapter 14) - Thomas Babington Macaulay
The History of England, from the Accession of James II - (Volume 3, Chapter 14) - Thomas Babington Macaulay
- Author: Thomas Babington Macaulay
- Genre: Early Modern
This is volume 3 chapter 14 of a series of books written by the Baron Macaulay 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. Macaulay is...
History of England from the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Revolution of 1688, Volume 1F - David Hume
History of England from the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Revolution of 1688, Volume 1F - David Hume
- Author: David Hume
- Genre: 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 - 09 Pars Prima Secundae, Treatise on Law and Grace - Saint Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica - 09 Pars Prima Secundae, Treatise on Law and Grace - Saint Thomas Aquinas
- Author: Saint Thomas Aquinas
- Genre: Medieval / Early Modern
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...
Bradford's History of the Plymouth Settlement, 1608-1650 - William BRADFORD
Bradford's History of the Plymouth Settlement, 1608-1650 - William BRADFORD
- Author: William BRADFORD
- Genre: History / Early Modern
The journal of William Bradford, who served five terms as governor of the Plymouth colony, is an indispensable document of the events of early American history. His eyewitness account includes the stories of the Pilgrims’ sojourn in the Netherlands,...
Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors and Architects Vol 4 - Giorgio VASARI
Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors and Architects Vol 4 - 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 Popular History of Ireland, Book 08 - Thomas D'Arcy McGee
A Popular History of Ireland, Book 08 - Thomas D'Arcy McGee
- Author: Thomas D'Arcy McGee
- Genre: Middle Ages/Middle History / 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 8, subtitled “The Era of the Reformation”, addresses the late Tudor period, particularly...
A Narrative of a Revolutionary Soldier: Some of the Adventures, Dangers, and Sufferings of Joseph Plumb Martin - Joseph Plumb MARTIN
A Narrative of a Revolutionary Soldier: Some of the Adventures, Dangers, and Sufferings of Joseph Plumb Martin - Joseph Plumb MARTIN
- Author: Joseph Plumb MARTIN
- Genre: War & Military / Memoirs / Early Modern
Joining the Continental Army as a teenager, Joseph Plumb Martin spent the next eight years fighting in the Revolutionary War as an enlisted man. His memoirs tell in detail his experiences during that time...the bitter cold, hunger, loss of life,...
A History of the Four Georges in Four Volumes, Volume 1 - Justin McCarthy
A History of the Four Georges in Four Volumes, Volume 1 - Justin McCarthy
- Author: Justin McCarthy
- Genre: Early Modern
Justin McCarthy (1830-1912), liberal member of Parliament and historian. He brings the great 18th Century personalities to life: Walpole and Swift, Bolingbroke and Mary Wortley Montagu, the Old Pretender and Bonnie Prince Charlie, and the four King...
Summa Theologica - 04 Pars Prima, On Man - Saint Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica - 04 Pars Prima, On Man - 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 United States, Vol. V: Sectional Conflict & Reconstruction - Charles Austin Beard
History of the United States, Vol. V: Sectional Conflict & Reconstruction - Charles Austin Beard
- Author: Charles Austin Beard
- Genre: Early Modern
Charles Beard was the most influential American historian of the early 20th century. He published hundreds of monographs, textbooks and interpretive studies in both history and political science. He graduated from DePauw University in 1898, where he...
Poems of American History, The Colonial Era - Various
Poems of American History, The Colonial Era - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Poetry / Early Modern
A History through Poetry of the exploration and settling of North American by Europeans. Beginning with Leif Erikson, and continuing through the Age of Exploration to the colonies of Virginia and New Amsterdam, including the arrival of the Puritans,...
Chronicles of Canada Volume 09 - The Acadian Exiles: A Chronicle of the Land of Evangeline - Arthur G. Doughty
Chronicles of Canada Volume 09 - The Acadian Exiles: A Chronicle of the Land of Evangeline - Arthur G. Doughty
- Author: Arthur G. Doughty
- Genre: Early Modern
The name Acadia, which we now associate with a great tragedy of history and song, was first used by the French to distinguish the eastern or maritime part of New France from the western part, which began with the St Lawrence valley and was called...
Poems of American History, The Revolution - Various
Poems of American History, The Revolution - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Poetry / Early Modern
A history through poetry of the American Revolution, from the early days of unrest, through the Boston Tea Party, The Ride of Paul Revere, the campaign at Valley Forge, to the time of peace and the forming of the Nation, including works by Oliver...
The Spirit of Laws (Volume 1) - Charles-Louis de Secondat, baron de La Brède et de
The Spirit of Laws (Volume 1) - Charles-Louis de Secondat, baron de La Brède et de
- Author: Charles-Louis de Secondat baron de La Brède et de
- Genre: Law / Political Science / Early Modern
This audiobook covers Volume 1 (Books I to XIX) of "The Spirit of the Laws" (French: De "l'esprit des lois", also sometimes called "The Spirit of Laws"). Spirit of Laws is a treatise on political theory first published anonymously by Charles de...
Herbals, Their Origin and Evolution: A Chapter in the History of Botany - Agnes Arber
Herbals, Their Origin and Evolution: A Chapter in the History of Botany - Agnes Arber
- Author: Agnes Arber
- Genre: Early Modern / Life Sciences
Eminent British botanist Agnes Arber provides an authoritative history of printed Herbals -- books widely used in early modern Europe to catalogue the uses of different kinds of plants. While Herbals often reflected pre-scientific and magical...
Letters of John Huss - Jan Hus
Letters of John Huss - Jan Hus
- Author: Jan Hus
- Genre: Early Modern / Letters
Personal correspondence of Bohemian religious reformer John Huss (Jan Hus) from 1411 when he was exiled from Prague through his death by burning as heretic in 1415 by order of the Council of Constance. These were first published in 1536 by the...
The Cambridge Modern History, Volume 01, The Renaissance - Various
The Cambridge Modern History, Volume 01, The Renaissance - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Early Modern
The Cambridge Modern History is a universal history covering the period from 1450 to 1910. It was published in 14 volumes between 1902 and 1912. The series was planned by Lord Acton, who intended it to be a monument of objective, collaborative...
The Domestic Slave Trade Of The Southern States - Winfield Hazlitt Collins
The Domestic Slave Trade Of The Southern States - Winfield Hazlitt Collins
- Author: Winfield Hazlitt Collins
- Genre: Social Science (Culture & Anthropology) / Early Modern / Modern (19th C)
This 1904 history of slavery in the southeastern United States reflects the state of knowledge at that time, of course. The text contains so many extensive quotations (well footnoted along with an extensive bibliography) that it was unfeasible to...
The French Revolution: A History. Volume 2: The Constitution (Version 2) - Thomas CARLYLE
The French Revolution: A History. Volume 2: The Constitution (Version 2) - Thomas CARLYLE
- Author: Thomas CARLYLE
- Genre: Early Modern
The second volume of this famous and idiosyncratic history covers events from October 1789, after Louis XVI has been 'persuaded' to leave Versailles and take up residence in Paris, through to August 1792. By the end of this time, Louis and his...
History of New England, 1630-1649 - John Winthrop
History of New England, 1630-1649 - John Winthrop
- Author: John Winthrop
- Genre: Early Modern
John Winthrop served as governor of the Massachusetts Bay colony for several years. His History of New England, 1630-1649 details life in the colony and narrates several controversies that arose within the plantation. Examples include the...
Andreas Vesalius, The Reformer of Anatomy - James Moores Ball
Andreas Vesalius, The Reformer of Anatomy - James Moores Ball
- Author: James Moores Ball
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography / Medical / Early Modern
Vesalius (born in Brussels, 1514-1564) is one of the foundation stones of modern medicine. Forsaking the study of anatomy by reading the ancients, he instead dissected bodies and drew detailed illustrations of his observations. He was enormously...
The Critique of Dogmatic Theology - Leo Tolstoy
The Critique of Dogmatic Theology - Leo Tolstoy
- Author: Leo Tolstoy
- Genre: Early Modern / Christianity - Other
More systematic, but no less sincere than A Confession (which originally served as the introduction to this work), The Critique of Dogmatic Theology is an early attempt on the part of Tolstoy to impart the results of his meticulous study and...
The French Revolution: A History. Volume 3: The Guillotine - Thomas CARLYLE
The French Revolution: A History. Volume 3: The Guillotine - Thomas CARLYLE
- Author: Thomas CARLYLE
- Genre: Early Modern
Of this third, and final, phase of the French Revolution, including that period known as The Terror, Carlyle comments "It is unfortunate, though very natural, that the history of this Period has so generally been written in hysterics." Carlyle's own...
The Cambridge Modern History, Volume 02, The Reformation - Various
The Cambridge Modern History, Volume 02, The Reformation - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Early Modern
The Cambridge Modern History is a universal history covering the period from 1450 to 1910. It was published in 14 volumes between 1902 and 1912. The series was planned by Lord Acton, who intended it to be a monument of objective, collaborative...
The Making of the British Empire (A.D. 1714-1832) - Arthur HASSALL
The Making of the British Empire (A.D. 1714-1832) - Arthur HASSALL
- Author: Arthur HASSALL
- Genre: War & Military / Political Science / Early Modern
At its height, the British Empire was the largest in history. This short volume traces its development through the long 18th century, from 1714 to the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Founded on the prosperity of Sir Robert Walpole's ministry...
La Salle, Discovery of The Great West - Francis Parkman, Jr.
La Salle, Discovery of The Great West - Francis Parkman, Jr.
- Author: Francis Parkman Jr.
- Genre: Early Modern
Parkman has been hailed as one of America's first great historians and as a master of narrative history. Numerous translations have spread the books around the world. The American writer and literary critic Edmund Wilson (1895-1972) in his book O...
The French Revolution: A History. Volume 1: The Bastille (Version 2) - Thomas CARLYLE
The French Revolution: A History. Volume 1: The Bastille (Version 2) - Thomas CARLYLE
- Author: Thomas CARLYLE
- Genre: Early Modern
Subtitled "The Bastille", Volume 1 of Thomas Carlyle's three volume "The French Revolution: A History" was first published in 1837, and covers the events of the French Revolution up to the forced move of Louis XVI from Versailles to Paris. While a...
Europe in Renaissance and Reformation 1453-1660 - Mary A. Hollings
Europe in Renaissance and Reformation 1453-1660 - Mary A. Hollings
- Author: Mary A. Hollings
- Genre: Early Modern
In a small space the Oxford-educated historian, Mary Hollings, provides a panoramic view of a tumultuous age. We meet Cesare Borgia and Savonarola, the universal spider, Louis XI, Henry IV, France's best-beloved king, Sweden’s wise and courageous...
Enquiry Concerning Political Justice and its Influence on Morals and Happiness. Volume 1 - William GODWIN
Enquiry Concerning Political Justice and its Influence on Morals and Happiness. Volume 1 - William GODWIN
- Author: William GODWIN
- Genre: Political Science / Early Modern
It was Godwin, in his Enquiry concerning Political Justice (2 vols., 1793), who was the first to formulate the political and economical conceptions of anarchism, even though he did not give that name to the ideas developed in his remarkable work....
Locke - Thomas Fowler
Locke - Thomas Fowler
- Author: Thomas Fowler
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography / Political Science / Early Modern
John Locke (1632-1704) was an English philosopher and physician who, after Sir Francis Bacon, was one of the first of the British empiricists and an important contributor to Social Contract Theory. In this fine biography, Thomas Fowler writes of...
Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors and Architects Vol 6 - Giorgio VASARI
Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors and Architects Vol 6 - 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 (in the original Italian, Le Vite de' più eccellenti pittori, scultori, e architettori da Cimabue insino a' tempi nostri) is a collection of...
The Story of the Barbary Corsairs (Version 2) - Stanley LANE-POOLE
The Story of the Barbary Corsairs (Version 2) - Stanley LANE-POOLE
- Author: Stanley LANE-POOLE
- Genre: Early Modern
The Barbary pirates, sometimes called Barbary corsairs or Ottoman corsairs, were Ottoman and Berber pirates and privateers who operated from North Africa. The most famous (or infamous) was Barbarossa. Here Kelley and Lane-Poole give us an...
The Art of Worldly Wisdom - Baltasar Gracián
The Art of Worldly Wisdom - Baltasar Gracián
- Author: Baltasar Gracián
- Genre: Early Modern
300 short maxims by Spanish Jesuit Baltasar Gracian (1601-1658). The advice is still useful and insightful for our modern world. Gracian was considered one of the most interesting philosophers by both Nietzsche und Schopenhauer, and the latter...
The Idea of Progress: An Inquiry into Its Origin and Growth - John Bagnell BURY
The Idea of Progress: An Inquiry into Its Origin and Growth - John Bagnell BURY
- Author: John Bagnell BURY
- Genre: History / Social Science (Culture & Anthropology) / Early Modern
John Bagnell Bury was Regius Professor of Modern History at Cambridge University in the early twentieth century. In The Idea of Progress, he assesses the concepts of history found in the classical period and then traces the historical development of...
The Cambridge Modern History. Volume 03, The Wars of Religion - Various
The Cambridge Modern History. Volume 03, The Wars of Religion - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: War & Military / Early Modern
The Cambridge Modern History is a universal history covering the period from 1450 to 1910. It was published in 14 volumes between 1902 and 1912. The series was planned by Lord Acton, who intended it to be a monument of objective, collaborative...
The Birth of Tragedy - Friedrich Nietzsche
The Birth of Tragedy - Friedrich Nietzsche
- Author: Friedrich Nietzsche
- Genre: Literary Criticism / Philosophy / Early Modern
In this famous early work of German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche, he investigates the artistic characteristics of Apollonian (reason) and Dionysian (passion) characteristics in Greek art, specifically in Greek tragedy as it evolved. Then he...
Rational Theology and Christian Philosophy volume 2 - John Tulloch
Rational Theology and Christian Philosophy volume 2 - John Tulloch
- Author: John Tulloch
- Genre: Early Modern / Christianity - Biographies
In this second volume of his work on English rational theology in the seventeenth century, Tulloch describes the lives and works of the group of theologians known as the Cambridge Platonists. - Summary by Barry Ganong...
The Federalist Papers (version 2) - James MADISON
The Federalist Papers (version 2) - James MADISON
- Author: James MADISON
- Genre: Law / Political Science / Early Modern
“The Federalist Papers” are a collection of 85 linked essays that explain the construction of the U.S. government and why it was built that way. The Papers are regarded as the best pipeline into understanding the U.S. Constitution and the founding...
Travels in France During the Years 1787, 1788, 1789 - Arthur Young
Travels in France During the Years 1787, 1788, 1789 - Arthur Young
- Author: Arthur Young
- Genre: Travel & Geography / Memoirs / Early Modern
Arthur Young, an English agriculturist, set out to write a travelogue on the state of agriculture in France and found himself in the midst of the French Revolution. His report on life in the capital and in the countryside in the years 1787, 1788,...
