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  • The Later Middle Ages, 1272-1485

    George Holmes

    Paperback

    Professor Holmes also examines the politics of these years--the relations of the kings of England with neighboring rules and with their own...

  • The Whig Interpretation of History

    Herbert Butterfield

    Paperback

    A classic essay on the distortions of history that occur when historians impose a rigid point of view on the study of the past.

  • The Sumerians

    Charles Leonard Woolley

    Paperback

    In this book Professor Woolley, one of the world's foremost archaeologists, shows quite clearly that when Egyptian civilization began the civilization of the Sumerians had already flourished for at least 2,000 years.

  • The Spanish Inquisition

    Cecil Roth

    Paperback

    No other organization for religious persecution ever equaled the Spanish Inquisition in intensity, scope, ruthless efficiency, and an almost fanatical devotion to the Pope.

  • History as a System, and Other Essays Toward a Philosophy of History

    José Ortega y Gasset, Helene Weyl, John William Miller

    Paperback

    Four stimulating essays: “The Sportive Origin of the State,” “Unity and Diversity of Europe,” “Man the Technician,” and “History as a System.” The...