Hadrian the Seventh is a satirical novel by Frederick Rolfe, first published in 1904. It tells the story of George Arthur Rose, an English Catholic pr...
John Calvin's *Institutes of the Christian Religion* is a foundational work of Protestant systematic theology. This book, originally published in Lati...
The De Monarchia is a political treatise by Dante Alighieri, written in Latin in the early 14th century. It is one of the most important works of poli...
This historical sketch offers a concise account of the life and reign of Pope Adrian IV, the only English pope who ever reigned. Written in 1849, the...
This biography explores the life and reign of Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, King of Sicily, and King of Jerusalem. Known as "Stupor Mundi" (the as...
This book, "Guelphs and Ghibellines: A Short History of Medieval Italy from 1250-1409," by Oscar Browning, explores the tumultuous period in Italian h...
'Age of the Condottieri' delves into the tumultuous period of 1409-1530 in Italy, a time marked by both the burgeoning Renaissance and the rise of pow...
Emile Zola's Rome is a complex and multifaceted novel that explores the historical significance of Rome, the future of the Catholic Church, and the na...
Beginning of the Middle Ages offers a concise and accessible overview of the period from the fall of the Western Roman Empire in 476 CE to the rise of...
This volume of the *Cambridge Modern History* focuses on the Thirty Years' War, a pivotal conflict that reshaped Europe in the 17th century. It explor...
Mandell Creighton's "History of the Papacy" delves into the tumultuous period of the Great Schism, examining the rival claims to the papacy and the ef...
This volume of Hartmann Grisar's 'History of Rome and the Popes in the Middle Ages' continues the narrative from the ongoing battles with heresy, thro...
Mandell Creighton's *History of the Papacy* Volume II delves into the tumultuous period following the Great Schism. It explores the Council of Constan...
The third volume of Mandell Creighton's "History of the Papacy" covers the period from the Great Schism of 1378 to the Sack of Rome in 1527. This tumu...
