Early Modern
The Old Régime in Canada
The Old Régime in Canada is the fourth volume in Francis Parkman, Jr.'s extensive history of the French and English in North America,…
The Life and Times of Kateri Tekakwitha
Saint Kateri Tekakwitha's lifespan of only about 24 years was spent in utter humility and penitence. In spite of her natural diffidence, she…
The French Revolution: A History
Subtitled "The Bastille", Volume 1 of Thomas Carlyle's three volume "The French Revolution: A History" was first publish…
Devotions upon Emergent Occasions
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 …
The History of England, from the Accession of James II
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 his…
History of the Thirty Years War
Volume Four covers the battle of Lutzen (November, 1633) to the death of Wallenstein (February, 1634) focusing on the reaction of the Protes…
The Private Soldier Under Washington
Much was been written about the American Revolution, but our knowledge of the private solders of the patriot army is confined chiefly to Was…
A History of the Four Georges, and of William IV
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 …
Summa Theologica
The Summa Theologica (or the Summa Theologiae or simply the Summa, written 1265–1274) is the most famous work of Thomas Aquinas (c. 1225–127…
Knickerbocker's History of New York
Washington Irving, an author, biographer, historian, and diplomat, completed his first major work, a satire of contemporary local history an…
The Critique of Dogmatic Theology
More systematic, but no less sincere than A Confession (which originally served as the introduction to this work), The Critique of Dogmatic …
Tea Drinking In 18th-Century America
The title of this 1961 Smithsonian Institution bulletin says it all. “In 18th-century America, the pleasant practice of taking tea at home …
The Red Man's Continent
Characteristics of the peoples and environment of the earliest stages of America. - Summary by Jim LockeGroup: Chronicles of America Series
The War Chief of the Six Nations
'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 toget…
Seigneurs of Old Canada
Seigneurs of Old Canada delves into the ambitious era of French colonial expansion in the seventeenth century, a time when France was poised…
The Winning of Canada
Any life of Wolfe can be artificially simplified by treating his purely military work as something complete in itself and not as a part of a…
A History of the Four Georges, and of William IV
In Volume IV of this series on the Hanoverian kings, Justin McCarthy and his son, Justin Huntly McCarthy, both Liberal Irish MPs., bring on …
Discovery and Exploration of the Mississippi Valley
"It has long been a desideratum to have in English the early narratives, of the discovery and exploration of the Mississippi. Marquette…
The Reign of Queen Anne
Anne Stuart (1665-1714), Queen of England, Scotland, and Ireland, succeeded William III to the throne in 1702. She was the daughter of the d…
The Acadian Exiles
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…