The Martyrdom of Man
By
Winwood Reade
Transcribed by Jan Lloyd (villa_la_miranda@mercuryin.es) and Donal O’Danachair
(kodak_seaside@hotmail.com)
Contents:
Note
Author’s Preface
Chapter 1 – War
Egypt
Western Asia
The Persians
The Greeks
The Macedonians
Alexandria
The Phoenicians
Carthage and Rome
Roman Africa
The Arabs
Chapter 2 – Religion
The Natural History of Religion
The Israelites
The Jews
The Prophets
The Character of Jesus
The Christians
Arabia
Mecca
The Character of Mohammed
Description of Africa
The Mohammedans in Central Africa
Chapter 3 – Liberty
Ancient Europe
The German Invasion
The Castle
The Town
The Church
Venice
Arab Spain
The Portuguese Discoveries
The Slave-Trade
Abolition in Europe
Abolition in America
Materials of Human History
Chapter 4 – Intellect
Animal Period of the Earth
Origin and early History of Man
Summary of Universal History
The Future of the Human Race
The Religion of Reason and Love
NOTE
Reade’s full name was William Winwood Reade: on the Martrydom, and
on his last book, The Outcast, it stands as Winwood Reade, his literary
choice. A nephew of Charles Reade, he was born at Murrayfield, near
Crieff, on 26 December, 1838, and died at Wimbledon, on 24th April,
1875. (These are the dates of Mr. Legge, who seems, however, not to
have finally correlated them.) He published in 1859 Charlotte and Myra;
in 1860 Liberty Hall Oxon (his college was Magdalen, then known as
Hertford); in 1860 The Veil of Isis, an attack on Catholicism. His first
