Middle Ages/Middle History

Stupor Mundi: The Life and Times of Frederick II Emperor of the Romans King of …

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Lionel Allshorn


Frederick II (1194-1250), under whose reign the Holy Roman Empire reached its greatest territorial extent, was called by his contemporaries …

Jeanne D'Arc: Her Life And Death

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Margaret O. Oliphant


The story of Jeanne d'Arc, or Joan of Arc , has passed into folklore and has been retold by many. The young teenager was sent by an as-yet u…

The Idea of Progress: An Inquiry into Its Origin and Growth

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John Bagnell Bury


John Bagnell Bury was Regius Professor of Modern History at Cambridge University in the early twentieth century. In The Idea of Progress, he…

The Normans in Europe

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Arthur Henry Johnson


This short history of the Normans in Europe opens with the invasions of the Vikings, who came from Scandinavian villages among rugged rocks …

The World’s Story Volume IX: England

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Eva March Tappan


This is the ninth volume of the 15-volume series of The World’s Story: a history of the World in story, song and art, edited by Eva March Ta…

Histoire générale du IVe siècle à nos jours. Tome 03. Formation des grands état…

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Alfred Nicolas Rambaud


Ouvrage collectif sous la direction d'Ernest Lavisse et Alfred Rambaud. Le troisième volume de la série raconte la fin du Moye…

The waning of the middle ages: a study of the forms of life, thought and art in…

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Johan Huizinga


The Waning of the Middle Ages (also known as The Autumn of the Middle Ages, or Autumntide of the Middle Ages), subtitled A study of the form…

The Early Tudors: Henry VII and Henry VIII

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Charles Edward Moberly


Following the chaos of the Wars of the Roses, the reigns of Henry VII and VIII were autocratic and centralized to an unprecedented degree. T…

Henry the Seventh

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James Gairdner


Henry VII, the founder of the Tudor dynasty, less known than his son, Henry VIII, or granddaughter Elizabeth I, is often overlooked. This K…

The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 07

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Charles F. Horne


A comprehensive and readable account of the world's history, emphasizing the more important events, and presenting these as complete narrati…

The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 05

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Charles F. Horne


A comprehensive and readable account of the world's history, emphasizing the more important events, and presenting these as complete narrati…

History of England In Words of One Syllable

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Helen W. Pierson


A simple history of England written principally with words of one syllable. Books of these kind, I understand, are helpful for both beginnin…

An Outline History of Japan

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Herbert Henry Gowen


A history of Japan from its origins to the early 20th century. - Summary by Kazbek

The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 08

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Charles F. Horne


A comprehensive and readable account of the world's history, emphasizing the more important events, and presenting these as complete narrati…

The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 06

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Charles F. Horne


A comprehensive and readable account of the world's history, emphasizing the more important events, and presenting these as complete narrati…

The Life and Death of Cardinal Wolsey

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George Cavendish


Thomas Wolsey was an English statesman and Catholic bishop. His appointment as a cardinal by Pope Leo X in 1515 gave him precedence over all…

A Popular History of England, From the Earliest Times to the Reign of Queen Vic…

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François Pierre Guillaume Guizot


This is volume one in this series of books and deals with history from Caractacus and his Wife before Claudius to the death of Wat Tyler. Th…

The Later Middle Ages: A History of Western Europe 1254-1494

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Robert Balmain Mowat


The Scottish historian, Robert Balmain Mowat writes, “When this period opens one of the finest epochs in German history had just closed, and…

The Pilgrims' Way from Winchester to Canterbury

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Julia Mary Cartwright


"This account of the Way trodden by the pilgrims of the Middle Ages through the South of England to the shrine of St. Thomas of Canterb…

Scholasticism: A Lecture Delivered Before the University of Oxford

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Walter Waddington Shirley


Walter Waddington Shirley was made Regius Professor of Ecclesiastical History and Canon of Christ Church, Oxford in 1863. This short work co…

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