Today’s free book is Henry Gwatkin’s History of the Church up to the time of Constantine the Great. This public domain work was digitised using the copy held in Spurgeon’s College library. Henry Melvill Gwatkin [1844-1916], Early Church History to A.D. 313, 2 Vols., 2nd edn. London: MacMillan & Co., Ltd., 1912. Hbk. pp.311+382. [Click…
Today’s free book is another of Herbert B. Workman’s studies of Christian persecution in the early church. A copy of this public domain title was provided for digitisation by Book Aid. Herbert Brook Workman [1862-1951], The Martyrs of the Early Church. London: Charles H. Kelly, [n.d.]. Hbk. pp.152. [Click here to visit the download page…
The works of the church historian H B Workman entered the public domain this year. Perhaps his most famous work (and most useful to students) is Christian Persecution in the Early Church. This title was digitised from the copy held in Spurgeon’s College library. Herbert Brook Workman [1862-1951], Persecution in the Early Church: A Chapter…
Today’s free book is a substantial treatment of the history of Christianity in the Apostolic period by Arthur Cushman McGiffert. My thanks to Book Aid for making a copy of this public domain title available for digitisation. Arthur Cushman McGiffert [1861-1933], A History of Christianity in the Apostolic Age. Edinburgh: T & T Clark, 1897….
Today’s free book is a detailed description of part of the British Museum’s collection relating to early Christian and Byzantine studies. It brings together material from different collections in a way that would not be possible in the Museum itself. The book contains 15 plates, a sketch-map and 105 illustrations. My thanks to Book Aid…
Today’s free book is a brief monograph on an unusual subject – British Christianity during the Roman Occupation by Richard Valpy French. My thanks to Book Aid for making a copy of this public domain title available for digitisation. Richard Valpy French [1839-1907], British Christianity during the Roman Occupation. London: SPCK, 1900. Hbk. pp.64. [Click…
