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The Muse of History
primary sources, texts, diaries, journals, memoirs, belles-lettres, journalism, editorials, commentaries, biographies and autobiographies :
The Matibo Affair by Sally Forth
Primary Source Extracts (very short morsels of primary source accounts arranged by century)
A Battle by Charles Sumner
An Italian Portrait Gallery by Paolo Giovio translated by F. A. Gragg
Froissart's Chronicles, Volume I translated by Thomas Johnes
Selections from Villani's Chronicle of Italy translated by Rose Selfe
History Of Chivalry and The Crusades By G. P. R. James, Esq.
Peter the Cruel by Edward Storer
Illustrations of Chaucer's England edited by Dorothy Hughes, M.A.
The Rise of Universities by Charles Homer Haskins:
I. The Earliest Universities II. The Mediaeval Professor III. The Mediaeval Student
The Annals of Roger de Hoveden, Volume I translated by Henry T. Riley
Henry of Huntingdon's Letter to Walter in 1135 A. D., translated by Thomas Forester
Some Lies and Errors of History by Rev. Reuben Parsons, D. D.: (Read with caution !!! )
Title and Preface Pope Alexander VI. The Alleged Ante-Mortem Funeral of Charles V. Bruno and Campanella (and Appendix) St. Cyril and the Murder of Hypatia The Divorce of Napoleon and Josephine Fénelon and Voltaire Galileo The Grey Cardinal "I am the State!" — Did Louis XVI. Ever Say So? The Truth About the Inquisition Louis XI.; The Travestied and the Real Richelieu as an Ecclesiastic Louis XIII. as He Was The Nature of Tasso's Imprisonment Wicked Venice The Last Word on the Massacre of St. Bartholomew's Day The Middle Age Not a Starless NIght The Man With The Iron Mask The Holy Wars: Their Object and Results The "Orthodox" Russian, and the Schismatic Greek Churches Columbus and His Alleged Crimes Appendix (to Bruno and Campanella)
From An Introduction to the History of History by James T. Shotwell
Chapter I: Definition and Scope of History Chapter II: Prehistory; Myth and Legend Chapter III: Books and Writing Chapter IV:The Measuring of Time Chapter V: Egyptian Annals Chapter VI: Babylonian, Assyrian and Persian Records Chapter VII: The Old Testament as History Chapter VIII: The Pentateuch Chapter IX: The Remaining Historical Books of the Old Testament Chapter X: The Formation of the Canon Chapter XI: Non-Biblical Literature; Josephus Chapter XII: From Homer to Herodotus Chapter XIII: Herodotus Chapter XIV: Thucydides
Legends of the Bastille
By Frantz Franck-Brentano Authorised Translation by George Maidment
Including: Chapter IV. The Man with the Iron Mask
From A Source Book of Mediæval History edited by Frederic Austin Ogg:
Chapter I --The Early Germans A Sketch by Cæsar A Description by Tacitus
Chapter II -- The Visigothic Invasion The Visigoths Cross the Danube by Ammianus Marcellinus The Battle of Adrianople by Ammianus Marcellinus
Chapter XXVI. -- The Beginnings of the Italian Renaissance Dante's Defense of Italian as a Literary Language from Il Convito [The Banquet] Dante's Conception of the Imperial Power from De Monarchia [On Monarchy] Petrarch's Love of the Classics Petrarch's Letter to Posterity
The Works of Aretino,
translated into English from the original Italian, with a critical and biographical essay by Samuel Putnam, Illustrations by the Marquis de Bayros:
VOLUME I
Biographical and Critical Essay Dialogue 1, The Novice's Feast. Dialogue 2, The Life of Married Woman. Dialogue 3, The Life of Courtezans. Dialogue 4, The Art of the Courtezan. Dialogue 5, The Betrayals of Men. Dialogue 6, The Art of the Procuress. & La Cortegiana [The Courtezan]
Volume II
Biography: de Sanctis Translator's Note The Letters The Sonnets Appendix
(with kind permission from Dr. Hilary Putnam)
Poggio Bracciolini:
The Life of Poggio Bracciolini, by William Shepherd
The Facetiae of Poggio and Other Medieval Story-tellers translated by Edward Storer
Facetia Erotica by Poggio Fiorentino by An Anonymous Translator
A Letter by Poggio to Leonard Aretino describing the death of Jerome of Prague, for heresy
The New Life [La Vita Nuova] by Dante Alighieri translated by Charles Eliot Norton
Squibs (general commentary, et al. by Elfinspell Editors)
#1 On Reading Literature in Translation and Excerpts
#2 The Feet of Clay Department: Longfellow
The Life of the Black Prince by The Herald of John Chandos, translated by Mildred K. Pope and Eleanor C. Lodge
From Barbara Smythe's, "The Trobador Poets":
Guilhelm VII, Count of Poitou (aka Guilhem IX. Duke of Aquitaine)
Bertran de Born
Two Anonyous Albas
Petrarch:
Canzones and Sonnets (Latin and English) translated by Lorna de' Lucchi
Sonnet left by Petrarch in Laura's Tomb translated by Lord Woodhouselee
Extracts from Letters, including Petrarch's Letter to Posterity selected by Frederic Austin Ogg
Extract of Letter 25, from the Epistolae Variae translated by Merrick Whitcomb
From Green's, "The Making of England": A Description of Early England
The Report of the Truth Concerning the Last Sea-Fight of the Revenge by Sir Walter Raleigh, Knight
With a new modernization of the text and a few notes by S. Rhoads & The Original Elizabethan text & Another account of the same by Jan Huyghen de Linschoten
Paul Henztner's Travels in England, translated by Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford
Sir Robert Carey:
Biographical Note & On A Scottish Raider & On The Death of Queen Elizabeth & The Spanish Armada
A History of Football in England by Montagu Shearman
Persian Forms and Fables by Sir John Malcolm
A Persian Governor by Arthur Arnold
Distinguishing Characteristics of European Civilization by F. Guizot
Celebrated English Letter Writers
(Pope, Lamb, Cowper, Gray, Byron, Shelley, Walpole)
The History of Whist from 'Cavendish on Whist' by Henry 'Cavendish' Jones
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From Notes and Queries: A Medium of Intercommunication for Literary Men, General Readers, Etc. January 7, 1871
Allegory in the Faerie Queen by Thomas Keightley
Letters by Nell Gwynne and Kitty Clive
Mons Vultur by Craufurd Tait Ramage
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The Fugitive King at Boscobel; Adventures of the Merry Monarch
&
The Escape of Queen Mary from Lochleven Castle by Agnes Strickland
Plutarch's Letter to His Wife on the Death of His Daughter (first half)
Sallust: Orations and Letters from the Histories translated by J. C. Rolfe
Manners and Customs of the Egyptians by Charles Rollin (18th cent.)
Abelard (1079-1142) by Thomas Davidson including:
A Biographical Essay on Abelard, A Letter from Heloise to Abelard, Abelard's Reply to Heloise, A Vesper Hymn by Abelard
additional traces of biographical material (but rest is duplicate of above)
Heloise & Albertus Magnus & Duns Scotus and Occam by Henry Osborn Taylor, from "The Mediaeval Mind"
A Quote by John Milton on Books
John Fiske - Unpublished Orations:
Introduction & Prefatory Note
The Discovery of the Columbia River and the Whitman Controversy, Oration Delivered in the Opera House at Astoria, May 11, 1892 -- Afterwards Revised and Emended.
The Crispus Attucks Memorial Columbus Memorial
Letters by Abigail Smith Adams (Wife of President John Adams) & Diary Entry of John Adams
Henry Adams, U.S. Historian on:
The Battle of the "Constitution" and the "Guerriere", 1812 From "History of the United States"
Old Church Lore by William Andrews:
The Right of Sanctuary The Romance of Trial A Fight between the Mayor of Hull and Archbishop of York Chapels on Bridges Charter Horns The Old English Sunday The Easter Sepulchres St. Paul's Cross Cheapside Cross The Biddenden Maids Charity Plagues and Pestilences A King Curing an Abbot of Indigestion The Services and Customs of Royal Oak Day Marrying in a White Sheet Marrying under the Gallows Kissing the Bride Hot Ale at Weddings Marrying Children The Passing Bell Concerning Coffins The Curfew Bell Curious Symbols of the Saints Acrobats on Steeples
Antiquities and Curiosities of the Church edited by William Andrews:
Church History and Historians. By Cuming Walters. Supernatural Interference in Church Building. By W. E. A. Axon, F.R.S.L. Ecclesiastical Symbolism in Architecture. By Rev. J. Hudson Barker, B. A. Acoustic Jars. By George C. Yates, F.S.A. Crypts. By John T. Page. Heathen Customs at Christian Feasts. By Rev. A. N. Cooper, M.A. Fish and Fasting. By Rev. J. Hudson Barker, B.A. Shrove-Tide and Lenten Customs. By Rev. J. Hudson Barker, B.A. Wearing Hats in Church. By William Andrews, F.R.H.S. The Stool of Repentance. By Cuming Walters. Cursing by Bell, Book, and Candle. By Rev. Canon Benham, B.D., F.S.A. Pulpits. By Rev. Geo. S. Tyack, B.A. Church Windows. By Rev. Geo. S. Tyack, B.A. Alms-Boxes and Alms Dishes. By Thomas Frost. Old Collecting Boxes. By H. Syer Cuming, F.S.A., Scot. Gargoyles. By T. Tindall Wildridge. Curious Vanes. By William Andrews, F.R. H.S. People and Steeple Rhymes. By William Andrews, F.R.H.S. Sun-Dials. By Thomas Frost. Jack of the Clock-House. By William Andrews, F.R.H.S. Games in Churchyards. By England Howlett. Circular Churchyards. By Rev. Elias Owen, M. A., F.S.A. Church and Churchyard Charms and Cures. By Rev. R. Wilkins Rees. Yew Trees in Churchyards. By T. N. Brushfield, M.D.
Homer
Appreciations and Analyses
To My Valet by Pierre de Ronsard
The Power of Song by Pierre de Ronsard
Homer and His Translators by Matthew Arnold
A MS Letter of Alexander Pope to the Earl of Halifax Begging Him Not to ' Lose Homer '
On Translations of Homer by Lord Alfred Tennyson
On First Looking Into Chapman's Homer by John Keats
Translations of Homer by Butcher and Lang
Acadia: or a Month with the Blue Noses, by Frederic S. Cozzens
The English Correspondence of Saint Boniface, Translated and Edited by William Kylie
Cornelius Tacitus:
Treatise on The Situation, Manners, and Inhabitants of Germany & The Life of Cnæus Julius Agricola
The "Historia Brittonum," Commonly Attributed to Nennius
from a MS. edited By Mark the Hermit; with an English version by The Rev. W. Gunn
Extracts, Describing the Ancient Manner of Placing the Kingdom in Military Array;
The Various Modes of Defence Adopted for its Safety in Periods of Danger; and The Evidence of Foreigners as to the National Characterand Personal Bravery of the English. Taken from Original State Papers of the Sixteenth Century Collected on the Continent, and hitherto Inedited.
Translated and Edited, with Notes by William Gunn, B. D.
Venerable Bede:
The Life of Bede by J. A. Giles
The Ecclesiastical History of the English Nation by Venerable Bede Translated by J. A. Giles
The Minor Historical Works and Biographical Writings of Bede translated by J. Giles:
The Seven Wonders of the World by Venerable Bede translated by J. A. Giles
The Book of the Holy Places by Venerable Bede Translated by J. A. Giles
The Chronicle of the Six Ages of the World by Venerable Bede Translated by J. A. Giles
The Book of the Life and Miracles of St. Cuthbert by Venerable Bede Translated by J. A. Giles
The Life of St. Vedast by Venerable Bede Translated by J. A. Giles
The Lives of the Holy Abbots of Weremouth and Jarrow: BENEDICT, CEOLFRID, EOSTERWINE, SIGFRID, AND HWÆTBERHT by Venerable Bede Translated by J. A. Giles.
The Life of the Holy Confessor St. Felix, taken from Paulinus by Venerable Bede Traslated by J. A. Giles
Epistle from Bede to Abbot Albinus Translated by J. A. Giles
Epistle from Bede to Bishop Egbert Translated by J. A. Giles
From Medieval Thought and Learning by Reginald Lane Poole:
John The Scot Appendix on John the Scot
The Silvae of Statius translated by D. A. Slater
Source-Books of the Renaissance in Italy and Germany, by Merrick Whitcomb Combining 2 earlier texts:
A Literary Source-Book of the Italian Renaissance:
1. DANTE ALIGHIERI : Extract from De Monarchia; Letter to the Princes and Peoples of Italy 2. FRANCESCO PETRARCHA : From Epistolæ variæ, No. 25 3. GIOVANNI BOCCACCIO : Introduction to the Decameron; Novels II and III 4. FRANCO SACCHETTI : Novels CXIV, CXV, CXXI, and CCXVI 5. POGGIO BRACCIOLINI : Extracts from the Facetiæ; Description of the Death of Jerome of Prague 6. LEON BATTISTA ALBERTI : Extract from Il Governo della Famiglia 7. AENEAS SYLVIUS : Extract from De Liberorum Educatione 8. PLATINA : Extracts from the Lives of the Popes 9. VESPASIANO DA BASTICCI : Extracts from the Vite 10. LORENZO DE’ MEDICI : Letter to his son Giovanni 11. NICOLÒ MACHIAVELLI : Extracts from the Prince 12. BALDASSARE CASTIGLIONE : Extracts from the Courtier 13. MATTEO BANDELLO : Novels VI, XIII, XLI 14. BENVENUTO CELLINI : Extracts from the Autobiography
A Literary Source-Book of the German Renaissance:
1. The Renaissance in Germany [by Whitcomb] 2. RUDOLF AGRICOLA : Letter to Barbirianus 3. JACOB WIMPHELING : Extracts from Isidoneus, Adolescentia and Agatharchia 4. JOHANN REUCHLIN : Letter to Ammerbach 5. SEBASTIAN BRANT : Extracts from the Narrenschiff 6. MAXIMILIAN I : Extracts from the Weisskunig 7. DESIDERIUS ERASMUS : Two Colloquies 8. ULRICH VON HUTTEN : Extract from Inspicientes 9. LETTERS OF OBSCURE MEN : (Seven Letters) 10. JOHANNES BUTZBACH : Extracts from Hodoporicon 11. THOMAS PLATTER : Extract from the Autobiography
The Autobiography of Johannes Butzbach, A Wandering Scholar of the Fifteenth Century Translated from the German by Robert Frances Seybolt and Paul Monroe
A Forgotten Wit by William Mathews
History of Flagellation Among Different Nations Anonymous 19th century work:
with primary source accounts taken largely from the rare text by John De Lolme (Abbe Jacobus Boileau)
Classical Geography [Primer Series] by H. F. Tozer
Greek and Roman Mythology & Heroic Legend by Hermann Steuding
Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield:
Brief Biographical Note Collected Jests
From "Manners Make the Man"
Absence of Mind, An Absent Man Indispensable Accomplishments Lying Ear-Tickling
From The American Biography of 1833, anonymous:
Charles Lee, Major-General in the American Army Thomas Conway, Major-General in the American Army Henry Lee, Colonel in the American Army
The Pioneer Printer of New Orleans by Douglas C. McMurtrie
On the Ictis of Diodorus Siculus by the Rev. R. Wallace, Read before the Literary and Philosophical Society of Manchester, 1844
Eusebius Pamphilus: His Ten Books of Ecclesiastical History, Faithfully Translated and Abridg'd from the Original, by Samuel Parker, Gent.
A Dialogue in Hades. A Parallel of Military Errors of which the French and English were guilty, during the Campaign of 1759, in Canada, attributed to Chevalier Johnstone.
Published under the Auspices of the Literary and Historical Society of Quebec, with several notes by J. M. LeMoine.
Wit and Humor of Abraham Lincoln by Carleton B. Case
The Teaching of Epictetus:
Being the ‘Encheiridion of Epictetus,’ with Selections from the ‘Dissertations’ and ‘Fragments.’, translated from the Greek, with Introduction and Notes, by T. W. Rolleston (Americanized version )
Cornfield Philosophy by Charles D. Strode, Illustrated by Percy E. Anderson
De Die Natali, [Natale] by Censorinus translated by William Maude
and
Life of the Emperor Hadrian translated by William Maude
From Readings in Ancient History, Illustrative Extracts from the Sources, by William Stearnes Davis:
Volume II: Rome and the West:
Chapter I. The First Roman Age
The Greek Orators by John F. Dobson
At The Grassroots by Elmer House (Jay Elmer House)
Convivial Caledonia by Robert Kempt
Virgil's Works
The Aeneid, Eclogues, and Georgics
translated by J. P. Mackail
A Teacher of Dante and Other Studies In Italian Literature by Nathan Haskell Dole
Chapter I. A Teacher of Dante (Brunetto Latini)
Chapter II. Dante and the Picturesque
Chapter III. Lyric Poetry and Petrarca
Chapter IV. Boccaccio and the Novella
Chapter V. The Rise of the Italian Drama
TOWN LIFE IN ANCIENT ITALY, by Ludwig Friedländer, translated by William E. Waters
1. Appearance and Condtion of the Towns
2. Municipal Government
3. Social Classes of the Rural Cities
4. The Fiscal Management of Rural Cities
5. Popular Amusements. Religious Obervances. Relations with Rome.
Charles the Great by Thomas Hodgkin
Helpful Links:
Bill Thayer's Web Site for American History, Ancient Rome and Modern Italy
Tertullian.org by Roger Pearse on Tertullian and other early Church Fathers
medievalgenealogy.org.uk by Chris Phillips on the Middle Ages
everyonewhosanyone.com by Gerard Jones with the truth about modern publishing, and with his superb novel Ginny Good free (voted Best Autobiography in 2004 - Independent Publisher Award)
bullyonline.org by Tim Field
attalus.org by Andrew Smith on Ancient Greece
Ben Simpson's Home Page on the Tudor Navy
A Bibliography of Symbolism by Robin Raybould
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