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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 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…

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…

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…

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…

Henry the Fifth

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Alfred John Church


A brief history of the life Henry the Fifth. - Summary by KevinS

A Short Description of Torre Abbey

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Hugh Robert Watkin


Following the Dissolution of the Monasteries in the time of Henry VIII, a significant part of the buildings of Torre Abbey, particularly the…

The Houses of Lancaster and York with the Conquest and Loss of France

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James Gairdner


The Wars of the Roses took place during the last phase of the Hundred Years' War. In 1377 the great warrior king, Edward III, died leaving h…

The Saxons in England, A History of the English Commonwealth till the Period of…

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John Mitchell Kemble


The following pages contain an account of the principles upon which the public and political life of our Anglosaxon forefathers was based, a…

The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 11

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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 09

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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 History of Rome and the Popes in the Middle Ages, Volume 1

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Hartmann Grisar


This present work may be described as history of the medieval Popes, with the history of the city of Rome, and its civilization, as a backgr…

George Castriot, surnamed Scanderbeg, King of Albania, Books 1–3

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Marin Barleti


This is an early account of the life of George Castriot, Dominus Albaniae; An Albanian princeling and Ottoman military commander who rebelle…

A History of the Papacy from the Great Schism to the Sack of Rome, Volume II

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Mandell Creighton


Mandell Creighton's history of the Papacy continues in Volume II with the condemnation in 1415 of Jan Hus by the Council of Constance and hi…

History of Rome and the Popes in the Middle Ages, Volume 2

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Hartmann Grisar


This present work may be described as history of the medieval Popes, with the history of the city of Rome, and its civilization, as a backgr…

Ruins and Old Trees

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Mary Roberts


Ruins and Old Trees, Associated with Memorable Events in English History is a book that delves into the history of the United Kingdom by lo…

King Edward I of England: Three Essays

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Thomas Frederick Tout


Edward I (1239 – 1307), was King of England from 1272 to 1307. The eldest son of Henry III, Edward was involved from an early age in the p…

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 10

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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…

Preface, 1-Merovingian Family, 2-Charlemagne's Ancestors, 3-Charlemagne's Acces…

In The Life of Charlemagne (Einhard)

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Einhard


Einhard was employed by Charlemagne as a court historian. At the request of Charlemagne's son and successor Louis the Pious, he wrote a biog…

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