William - Historiography 1

In 'The Mysteries of Free Masonry' by William Morgan, the author delves into the secretive world of the Freemasons, exploring their rituals, symbols, and beliefs. Written in a clear and engaging sty……続きを見る

This carefully crafted ebook: "Of Plymouth Plantation (Complete Edition)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. Of Plymouth Plantation was written over a pe……続きを見る

This study describes the period of great changes in European history - the decline in the belief of magic and miracles and emerging of the new way of thinking which has brought the rise of religious……続きを見る

The Fontana History of Chemistry, which draws on both the author’s own original research and that of other scholars, is an unrivalled work of synthesis. Beginning with the first tentative chemical e……続きを見る

First published in 1936, this volume contains six of the Halley Stewart Lectures – originally founded "For Research towards the Christian Ideal in All Social Life" – by some of the greatest of Engli……続きを見る

This book describes the picture of reality given by Newton, and the development of the later picture of reality given by field theory. In telling this story, the author explains what problem each sc……続きを見る

What is time? How does our sense of time lead us to approach the world? How did the peoples of the past view time? This book answers these questions through an investigation of the cultures of time ……続きを見る

LIVES THAT NEVER GROW OLD This unique series – edited by Richard Holmes – recovers the great classical tradition of English biography. Every book is a biographical masterpiece – still thrilling to r……続きを見る

IN the following pages an attempt has been made to give the essential facts of the history of the Elsevier family, and to show the relations of the printers to the world around them. Printing and pu……続きを見る

Processing the Past explores the dramatic changes taking place in historical understanding and archival management, and hence the relations between historians and archivists. Written by an archivist……続きを見る

This book, first published 1931, examines the attitudes surrounding the natural sciences at the time of writing, and contends that an unreflective belief in the power of science, and especially in h……続きを見る

This volume is an attempt to give the American reader an idea of the extent of the Dutch network of trade in the seventeenth century. Although some effort is made to sketch out, however briefly, the……続きを見る

Paying special attention to Sidney's Arcadia, Spenser's Faerie Queene, and Shakespeare's romances, this study engages in sustained examination of chiasmus in early modern English literature. The aut……続きを見る

In Part 1 of this book, originally published in 1980, the focus is on certain claims of R. G. Collingwood regarding the nature of historical understanding, of Charles Beard about the possibility of ……続きを見る

Bringing to bear his expertise in the early modern emblem tradition, William E. Engel traces a series of self-reflective organizational schemes associated with baroque artifice in the work of Herman……続きを見る

The book offers guidance to aspiring historians at every stage and in every walk of life, from practical advice on tackling and organizing projects to recommendations for finding and using resources……続きを見る

For the last 2,500 years literature has been attacked, booed, and condemned, often for the wrong reasons and occasionally for very good ones. The Hatred of Literature examines the evolving idea of l……続きを見る

William H. McNeill is known for his ability to portray the grand sweep of history. The Global Condition is a classic work for understanding the grand sweep of world history in brief compass. Now wit……続きを見る

L'«Atlantide», ce royaume englouti, a-t-il vraiment existé ? La question est posée, l'auteur Walter Scott-Elliot nous fait voyager en direction de l'Atlantide. Son récit nous décrit la situation géo……続きを見る

Lens of War grew out of an invitation to leading historians of the Civil War to select and reflect upon a single photograph. Each could choose any image and interpret it in personal and scholarly te……続きを見る

Recueil d’articles de l’historien Jacques Bainville sur l’Angleterre et ses relations avec la France et l’Europe. Les articles proviennent notamment de “l’Action française” et sont compris entre les……続きを見る

In the modern era, every family and local community can cultivate its own history, endowing living people with meanings inherited from the people of the past, by means of today’s computer-based info……続きを見る

In 'French Pathfinders in North America' by William Henry Johnson, readers are taken on a journey through the early exploration of North America by French explorers. Johnson's book is a meticulously……続きを見る

In Unspeakable Histories, William Guynn focuses on the sensation of encountering past events through film. Film is capable, he argues, of triggering moments of heightened awareness in which the barr……続きを見る

From the monarchical terror of the Middle Ages to the mangled Europe of the twenty-first century, A People's History of Modern Europe tells the history of the continent through the deeds of those wh……続きを見る

Get the real facts you weren’t taught in school and learn how these myths have survived for so long. Discover the stories behind history’s greatest lies and howーand whyーthe world’s biggest whopper……続きを見る

[THE LIFE OF KING HENRY THE EIGHTH ] . Henry VIII is a cooperative history play, composed by William Shakespeare and John Fletcher, in light of the existence of Henry VIII. An elective title, All Is……続きを見る

It is thought that Henry IV, Part 1 was written no later than 1597. It dramatises a portion of King Henry IV of England's reign between 1402 and 1403. The play describes the misadventures of King He……続きを見る

The Life and Death of King Richard III is an authentic play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in around 1592. It portrays the Machiavellian ascent to influence and the ensuing sh……続きを見る

In 'History of the Intellectual Development of Europe' by John William Draper, the reader delves into a comprehensive study of the evolution of intellectual thought in Europe. Draper explores the co……続きを見る