History

Armies of Pestilence:

The Impact of Disease on History

By R.S. Bray

An absorbing and accessible account of the effects of disease and pandemics on human history, from the ancient to the modern world.

Church and People in an Industrial City

By Edward R. Wickham

An historical and sociological analysis of Sheffield and of the development of organised religion in the years of its industrial growth in the 19th century.

Series: Library of Ecclesiastical History

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Dunstan:

Saint and Statesman

By Douglas Dales

A major biography of the 10th-century Archbishop of Canterbury, setting Dunstan's achievements against the social and religious background of the day.

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Encyclopedia of the Early Church:

Two Volume Set

By Angelo di Berardino

The definitive work of reference on the early Christian Church, eastern and western, and the patristic period to the 7th century.

English Classical Scholarship:

Historical Reflections on Bentley, Porson and Housman

By C.O. Brink

An authoritative study of the development of English classical scholarship from 1500 to 1950, concentrating on the three giants: Bentley, Porson, and Housman.

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A Foreign and Wicked Institution?:

The Campaign Against Convents in Victorian England

By Rene Kollar

An examination of the development of Roman Catholic and Anglican female religious orders in 19th-century Britain, and the prejudices that they encountered.

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The Hall of Light:

A Study of Early Chinese Kingship

By William Edward Soothill

A leading British sinologist explains traditional Chinese monarchy, religion, worship, ritual, sacrifices, customs, and all aspects of early Chinese culture.

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The Independent Methodists:

A History

By John Dolan

The definitive history of Independent Methodism, from its beginnings in the 1790s to the present day.

Religion and the Rise of History:

Martin Luther and the Cultural Revolution in Germany, 1760–1810

By Leonard S. Smith

An intriguing exploration of the influence of Martin Luther on the development of German historiography in the 18th and 19th centuries.

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The Religion of Ancient Israel

By T.C. Vriezen

An informative guide to the religion of the Semitic peoples reveals both their religious practice and the place it occupied in their civilisation.

Series: Library of Theological Translations

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Secularism:

The Hidden Origins of Disbelief

By Mike King

A timely and fascinating examination of the decline in religious faith and rise of secular thought in western intellectual society.