READING HALL

THE DOORS OF WISDOM

THE CAMBRIDGE MODERN HISTORY

THE

RENAISSANCE

1.-THE AGE OF DISCOVERY 

2.-THE NEW WORLD 

3.-THE OTTOMAN CONQUEST 

4.-ITALY AND HER INVADERS 

5.- (I): SAVONAROLA 

6.-FLORENCE (II): MACHIAVELLI 

7.-ROME AND THE TEMPORAL POWER 

8.-VENICE

9.- AND THE EMPIRE 

10.-HUNGARY AND THE SLAVONIC KINGDOMS 

11.-THE CATHOLIC KINGS 

12.-FRANCE

13.-THE NETHERLANDS 

14.-THE EARLY TUDORS 

15.-THE CLASSICAL RENAISSANCE 

16.-THE CHRISTIAN RENAISSANCE

17.-CATHOLIC EUROPE 

18.-THE EVE OF THE REFORMATION

THE REFORMATION

INTRODUCTION. THE EVE OF THE REFORMATION IN EUROPE

CHAPTERS

I. MEDICEAN ROME

II. HABSBURG AND VALOIS

III. HABSBURG AND VALOIS (II)

IV. LUTHER

V. NATIONAL OPPOSITION TO ROME IN GERMANY

VI. SOCIAL REVOLUTION AND CATHOLIC REACTION IN GERMANY

VII. THE CONFLICT OF CREEDS AND PARTIES IN GERMANY

VIII. RELIGIOUS WAR IN GERMANY

IX. REFORMATION IN FRANCE

X. THE HELVETIC REFORMATION

XI. CALVIN AND THE REFORMED CHURCH

XII. THE CATHOLIC SOUTH

XIII. THE EVE OF THE REFORMATION IN ENGLAND

XIV . HENRY VIII

XV. THE REFORMATION UNDER EDWARD VI

XVI. PHILIP AND MARY

XVII. THE ANGLICAN SETTLEMENT AND THE SCOTTISH REFORMATION

XVIII. THE SCANDINAVIAN NORTH

XIX. THE CHURCH AND REFORM

XX. TENDENCIES OF EUROPEAN THOUGHT IN THE AGE OF THE REFORMATION

THE THIRTY YEARS' WAR

THE OUTBREAK OF THE THIRTY YEARS' WAR

THE VALTELLINE (1603-39)

THE PROTESTANT COLLAPSE. (1620-30)

RICHELIEU

THE VASA IN SWEDEN AND POLAND.(1560-1630.)

GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS (1630-1632)

WALLENSTEIN AND BERNARD OF WEIMAR (1632-4) NORDLINGEN AND PRAGUE (1634-5)

THE CONSTITUTIONAL STRUGGLE IN ENGLAND (1625-40)

THE FIRST TWO YEARS OF THE LONG PARLIAMENT (1640-2)

THE FIRST CIVIL WAR (1642-7)

PRESBYTERIANS AND INDEPENDENTS

THE WESTMINSTER ASSEMBLY (1645-9 )

THE LATER YEARS OF THE THIRTY YEARS' WAR (1635-48).

THE PEACE OF WESTPHALIA.

THE COMMONWEALTH AND THE PROTECTORATE (1649-59)

THE NAVY OF THE COMMONWEALTH AND THE FIRST DUTCH WAR

SCOTLAND FROM THE ACCESSION OF CHARLES I TO THE RESTORATION.

IRELAND... FROM THE PLANTATION OF ULSTER TO THE CROMWELLIAN SETTLEMENT. (1611-59)

ANARCHY AND THE RESTORATION (1659-60)

THE SCANDINAVIAN NORTH. (1559-1660.)

MAZARIN.

SPAIN AND SPANISH ITALY UNDER PHILIP III AND IV.

PAPAL POLICY. 1590-1648.

FREDERICK HENRY, PRINCE OF ORANGE.

THE TRANSFERENCE OF COLONIAL POWER TO THE UNITED PROVINCES AND ENGLAND.

THE FANTASTIC SCHOOL OF ENGLISH POETRY.

DESCARTES AND CARTESIANISM.

THE AGE OF LOUIS XIV

REFORMATION

LIFE AND TIMES OF GIROLAMO SAVONAROLA

JULIUS II. 1503-1513. Restorer of the States of the Church and Patron of the Fine Arts.

POPE LEO X. 1513-1521

Roscoe, W. - Life and Pontificate of Leo X .v1 Roscoe, W. - Life and Pontificate of Leo X .v2

HISTORY OF THE PAPACY DURING THE PERIOD OF THE REFORMATION , also called A HISTORY OF THE POPES FROM THE GREAT SCHISM TO THE SACK OF ROME

MARTIN LUTHER AND THE REFORMATION IN GERMANY UNTIL THE CLOSE OF THE DIET OF WORMS

HISTORY OF THE REFORMATION IN GERMANY. L.v. RANKE

THE REFORMATION IN GERMANY FROM ITS BEGINNING TO THE RELIGIOUS PEACE OF AUGSBURG

HISTORY OF THE PROTESTANT REFORMATION IN FRANCE. VOLUME 1 HISTORY OF THE PROTESTANT REFORMATION IN FRANCE. VOLUME 2

THE REFORMATION IN FRANCE FROM THE DAWN OF REFORM TO THE REVOCATION OF THE EDICT OF NANTES

History of the rise of the Huguenots of France 1 History of the rise of the Huguenots of France 2

THE WARS OF RELIGION IN FRANCE , 1559-1576, The Huguenots Catherine de Medici and Philip II

THE RENAISSANCE, THE PROTESTANT REVOLUTION AND THE CATHOLIC REFORMATION IN CONTINENTAL EUROPE

HISTORY OF THE PROGRESS AND SUPPRESSION OF THE REFORMATION IN ITALY IN THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY

HISTORY OF THE PROGRESS AND SUPPRESSION OF THE REFORMATION IN SPAIN IN THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY

IRELAND AND THE ANGLO-NORMAN CHURCH. A Story of Ireland and Irish Christianity from the Anglo-N0rman Cinquest to the Dawn of the Reformation

The Church of England before the Reformation

HISTORICAL MEMOIRS RESPECTING THE ENGLISH, IRISH, AND SCOTTISH CATHOLICS FROM THE REFORMATION TO THE NINETEENTH CENTURY

THE SCOTTISH REFORMATION. Its Epochs, Episodes, Leaders, and Distinctive Characteristics

LEADERS OF THE SCOTTISH REFORMATION

THE REIGN OF HENRY VIII FROM HIS ACCESSION TO THE DEATH OF WOLSEY. V1 THE REIGN OF HENRY VIII FROM HIS ACCESSION TO THE DEATH OF WOLSEY. V2

THE REFORMATION OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND [A.D. 1514—1547

ELIZABETH & HENRY IV. BEING A SHORT STUDY IN ANGLO-FRENCH RELATIONS, 1589-1603

HISTORY OF ENGLAND FROM THE FALL OF WOLSEY TO THE DEATH OF ELIZABETH

The history of the Reformation of the Church of England. v. 1, The history of the Reformation of the Church of England. Of the progress made in it during the reign of King Henry VIII. The history of the Reformation of the Church of England.v. 2. Of the progress made in it till the settlement of it in the beginning of Queen Elizabeth's reign

Cranmer and the Reformation under Edward VI

THE LOLLARDS, or, Some account of the witnesses for the truth in Great Britain between the years 1400 and 1546

THE PURITANS IN POWER. A STUDY IN THE HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH CHURCH FROM 1640 TO 1660

THE AGE OF ELIZABETH BY MANDELL CREIGHTON

THE POPE AND THE COUNCIL

THE HUSSITE WARS

1464-1503. PAUL II, SIXTUS IV, INNOCENT VIII, ALEXANDER VI

THE MEDICI POPES. LEO X AND CLEMENT VII

Roscoe, W. - Life and Pontificate of LEO X. v1

Roscoe, W. - Life and Pontificate of LEO X. v2

The history of the Reformation in Europe: with a chronology of the Reformation

A HISTORY OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH DURING THE REFORMATION

The Huguenots and Henry of Navarre (1 ) The Huguenots and Henry of Navarre ( 2 )

The Huguenots and the revocation of the Edict of Nantes 1 The Huguenots and the revocation of the Edict of Nantes 2

THE QUAKERS, FROM THEIR ORIGIN TILL THE PRESENT TIME

1324-1384 Life of JOHN WICLIFF and his english precursors V 1 1324-1384 life of JOHN WICLIFF and his english precursors V2

1452-1498 LIFE AND TIMES OF GIROLAMO SAVONAROLA

1460-1524. Thomas-Linacre

1466 – 1536 ERASMUS OF ROTTERDAM VOLUME 1 1466 – 1536 ERASMUS OF ROTTERDAM VOLUME 2

1469-1535. JOHN FISHER

1471-1530 - CARDINAL WOLSEY

1478-1535. THOMAS MORE, Life and death of Sir Thomas More.

1485-1528 BALTASAR HUBMAIER. The leader of the Anabaptists

1487-1564. BERNARDINO OF SIENA

1488-1523. ULRICH VON HUTTEN, his life and times

1499-1560. JOHN A LASCO a contribution to the history of the Reformation in Poland, Germany, and England

1500-1558. REGINALD POLE, CARDINAL ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY

Bernardino Ochino, of Siena: a contribution towards the history of the reformation

A princess of the Italian reformation, Giulia Gonzaga, 1513-1566; her family and her friends

1500-1570. AONIO PALEARIO , Italian reformers of the Sixteenth Century v1 1500-1570. AONIO PALEARIO , Italian reformers of the Sixteenth Century 2

1509-1564. JOHN CALVIN   SERVETUS AND CALVIN A STUDY OF AN IMPORTANT EPOCH IN THE EARLY HISTORY OF THE REFORMATION

1514-1572. JOHN KNOX JOHN KNOX AND THE REFORMATION

1519-1589. CATHERINE DE MEDICIS. CATHERINE DE’ MEDICI AND THE FRENCH REFORMATION

1519-1605. THEODORE BEZA, the counsellor of the French reformation

Count Valerian Krasinski - Historical Sketch of the Rise, Progress, and Decline of the Reformation in Poland. volume 1 Count Valerian Krasinski - Historical Sketch of the Rise, Progress, and Decline of the Reformation in Poland. volume 2

1520-1572. THE COURT OF SIGISMUND AUGUSTUS. v1 1520-1572. THE COURT OF SIGISMUND AUGUSTUS. v2 1520-1572. THE COURT OF SIGISMUND AUGUSTUS. v3

1533-1603. QUEEN ELIZABETH

1537-1553. KING EDWARD VI

1542-1587. MARY QUEEN OF THE SCOTS V1 1542-1587. MARY QUEEN OF THE SCOTS V2

1542 – 1621. ROBERT BELLARMINE , Jesuit Cardinal

1548-1600. GIORDANO BRUNO

1594-1632. GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS. KING OF SWEDEN

THE REFORMATION IN SWEDEN . Its rise, progress, crisis and triumph under CHARLES IX

THE COUNTER-REFORMATION

HISTORY OF THE CHURCH AND STATE IN NORWAY FROM THE TENTH TO THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY

The history of the Puritans; or, Protestant nonconformists

ARMINIANISM IN HISTORY: Or The Revolt from Predestinationism.

THE REFORMATION IN SWITZERLAND, FRANCE THE NETHERLANDS, SCOTLAND AND ENGLAND THE ANABAPTIST AND SOCINIAN MOVEMENTS. THE COUNTER-REFORMATION

HISTORY OF THE REFORMATION IN EUROPE. WITH A CHRONOLOGY OF THE REFORMATION.

HISTORY OF THE REFORMATION OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY

Historical Sketch of the Rise, Progress, and Decline of the Reformation in Poland. Vol. 1 Historical Sketch of the Rise, Progress, and Decline of the Reformation in Poland. Vol. 2

THE CAPUCHINS : a contribution to the history of the Counter-Reformation

Europe In The Seventeenth Century

The Thirty Years' War, 1618-1648

The battle-fields of Germany : from the outbreak of the Thirty Years' War to the Battle of Blenheim

The Civil and Military History of Germany, from the Landing of Gustavus to the Conclusion of the Treaty of Westphalia -1

The Civil and Military History of Germany, from the Landing of Gustavus to the Conclusion of the Treaty of Westphalia -2

The Civil and Military History of Germany, from the Landing of Gustavus to the Conclusion of the Treaty of Westphalia -3

The house of Austria in the thirty years' war

Italy from 1494 to 1790

The fall of the monarchy of Charles I (1637-1649)-1

The fall of the monarchy of Charles I (1637-1649) -2

Spain: Its Greatness and Decay (1479-1788)

The Life and Death of John of Barneveld (1547–1619) Advocate of Holland -1

The Life and Death of John of Barneveld (1547–1619) Advocate of Holland -2

The Life of Gustavus Adolphus (1564-1632) King of Sweden

The life of Wallenstein, duke of Friedland (1583-1634)

The life of Marie de Medicis, queen of France, (1573-1642) consort of Henri IV, and regent of the Kingdom under Louis XIII -1

The life of Marie de Medicis, queen of France, (1573-1642) consort of Henri IV, and regent of the Kingdom under Louis XIII -2

The life of Marie de Medicis, queen of France, (1573-1642) consort of Henri IV, and regent of the Kingdom under Louis XIII -3

England in the Mediterranean; a study of the rise and influence of British power within the Straits 1603-1713 - 1

England in the Mediterranean; a study of the rise and influence of British power within the Straits 1603-1713 -2

Ireland in the seventeenth century, or, The Irish massacres of 1641-2 -I

Ireland in the seventeenth century, or, The Irish massacres of 1641-2 -II

France under Mazarin, with a review of the administration of Richelieu -I

France under Mazarin, with a review of the administration of Richelieu - II

Memoirs of Spain during the reigns of Philip IV and Charles II _1

Memoirs of Spain during the reigns of Philip IV and Charles II _2

Portuguese In India Being A History Of The Rise And Decline Of Their Eastern Empire :I

Portuguese In India Being A History Of The Rise And Decline Of Their Eastern Empire _II

The Dutch in Java

Lives of the warriors of the thirty years' war. Warriors of the 17th century _I

Lives of the warriors of the thirty years' war. Warriors of the 17th century _II

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NAPOLEON

Revolutionary and Napoleonic Era, 1789-1815

Emmanuel Joseph Sieyès1748-1836

Emmanuel Joseph Sieyès, 1789-1815, an essay in the politics of the French revolution

WHAT IS THE THIRD ESTATE?

The life and campaigns of Victor Moreau, 1763-1813

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LIFE OF HORATIO NELSON 1758-1805

ANNALS OF THE WAR - 1800 1806

ANNALS OF THE WAR - 1800 1806

ANNALS OF THE WAR - 1810 1812

ANNALS OF THE WAR - 1813 1815

SYBEL

History of the French revolution : tome 1

History of the French revolution-- tome 2

History of the French revolution-- tome 3

History of the French revolution-- tome 4

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The French Revolution From Its Origins To 1793

NAPOLEON

The Secret History of the Cabinet of Bonaparte: Including His Private Life, Character, Domestic ...

Bingham, D. A. The Marriages of the Bonapartes. 1

Bingham, D. A. The Marriages of the Bonapartes. 2

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Memoirs of the Empress Josephine. vol. I

Memoirs of the Empress Josephine. vol. II

Life of the Empress Josephine

The Empress Josephine : Napoleon's enchantress 1

The Empress Josephine : Napoleon's enchantress 2

Napoléon's letters to Josephine, 1796-1812

The court of the Empress Josephine

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MARIE LOUISE AND THE DECADENCE OF THE EMPIRE.

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 Memoirs of Fouché duc d'Otrante, 1759-1820

Memoirs of the Prince de Talleyrand,1754-1838 vol 1--- vol 2--- vol 3 ---vol 4--- vol 5

Memoirs of the Duke of Marlborough V1

Memoirs of the Duke of Marlborough V2

Memoirs of Marshal Oudinot, duc de Reggio;

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Memoirs de Madame de Remusat , 1802-1808

Madame de Stael; Study of Her Life and Times: The First Revolution and the First Empire, -1

Madame de Stael; Study of Her Life and Times: The First Revolution and the First Empire,-2

The Salon of Madame Necker, Vol. I

The Salon of Madame Necker, Vol. II

Madame de Sevigne, her Correspondents and Contemporaries, Vol. I

Madame de Sevigne, her Correspondents and Contemporaries, Vol. II

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A sketch of Suwarow and his last campaign

A history of the Peninsular War --Vol 1 --Vol 2 -- Vol 3 --Vol 4 --Vol 5 --Vol 6 -- Vol 7

Life and Times of Stein, Or, Germany and Prussia in the Napoleonic Age_ volume 1-- volume 2 -- volume 3

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A History of the Egyptian Revolution Vol 1

A History of the Egyptian Revolution Vol 2

Italy, during the consulate and empire of Napoleon Buonaparte

The influence of sea power upon the French Revolution and Empire, 1793-1812-1

The influence of sea power upon the French Revolution and Empire, 1793-1812 -2

The Revolutionary and Napoleonic Era, 1789-1815

Revolutionary Europe, 1789-1815

Rose, J. H. Life of Napoleon I -1 // Rose, J. H. Life of Napoleon I - 2

Sloane, W. M. Life of Napoleon. -v1--v2--v3--v4

Joachim Murat, marshal of France and king of Naples

Marshal Ney

Napoleon and the marshals of the empire

Account of the War in Spain and Portugal, and the South of France, from 1808, to 1814, -1

Account of the War in Spain and Portugal, and the South of France, from 1808, to 1814, - 2

The Napoleonic empire in southern Italy and the rise of the secret societies; Vol. I

The Napoleonic empire in southern Italy and the rise of the secret societies; Vol. II

RUSSIA

View of the Russian empire during the reign of Catharine the Second, and to the close of the eighteenth century v1

View of the Russian empire during the reign of Catharine the Second, and to the close of the eighteenth century v 2

View of the Russian empire during the reign of Catharine the Second, and to the close of the eighteenth century v3

 Paul I, Emperor of Russia, 1754-1801

Life and times of Alexander I., Emperor of all the Russias . Vol. I

Life and times of Alexander I., Emperor of all the Russias . Vol. II

Life and times of Alexander I., Emperor of all the Russias . Vol. III

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Scandinavia: A Political History of Denmark, Norway and Sweden from 1513 to 1900

History of the Ottoman Turks

The republican tradition in Europe

A Narrative of the Peninsular War