The Battle of the Milvian Bridge (1520–24) by Giulio Romano

Gwatkin’s History of the Church to 313AD

ByRob Bradshaw

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…

Mosaic of Saint Perpetua, Croatia

Martyrs of the Early Church by Herbert B. Workman

ByRob Bradshaw

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 Christian Martyrs’ Last Prayer by Jean-Léon Gérôme (1863–1883, Walters Art Museum). A fanciful scene of damnatio ad bestias in ancient Rome’s Circus Maximus beneath the Palatine Hill

Christian Persecution in the Early Church – H B Workman

ByRob Bradshaw

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…