Middle Ages/Middle History
The Wives of Henry the Eighth and the Parts They Played in History
Read by Warren Kati
Martin A. S. Hume
King Henry VIII is so often depicted as a far-seeing statesman, pressing forward through a lifetime with his eyes firmly fixed upon the goal…
Philip Augustus
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William Holden Hutton
Philip Augustus (Philip II of France 1165-1223), grandfather of Saint Louis, was one of France's greatest kings. While England's Henry II wa…
The Age of the Condottieri: A Short History of Mediaeval Italy from 1409-1530
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Oscar Browning
Italy from 1409 to 1530 is synonymous with the Renaissance, but this was also the age of the condottieri, Italian captains of mercenary comp…
England In The Middle Ages
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Elizabeth O'Neill
A short study examining the historical framework of England from the period of the Norman Conquest to the end of the fifteenth century.The p…
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 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…
Stupor Mundi: The Life and Times of Frederick II Emperor of the Romans King of …
Read by Pamela Nagami
Lionel Allshorn
Frederick II (1194-1250), under whose reign the Holy Roman Empire reached its greatest territorial extent, was called by his contemporaries …
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 …
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 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…
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…
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 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…
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…
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 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…
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 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 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…