Old World Empire
- Holy War by Nigel Cliff (1498 AD) - 560 pages
- Spain by Robert Goodwin (1519-1682 AD) - 608 pages
- Philip II by William Thomas Walsh (1527-1598 AD) - 770 pages
- The Jesuits by John W. O'Malley, S. J., Gauvin Alexander Bailey, Steven J. Harris & T. Frank Kennedy, S. J. (1540-1773 AD) - 872 pages
- Rereading the Black Legend Margaret R. Greer - 486 pages
Eastern Spain / Aragon
- The Borgias by G. J. Meyer - 512 pages
- Tirant Lo Blanc by Joanot Martorell (1490 AD) - 656 pages
Western Spain / Castile
- Isabella by Kirstin Downey (1451-1504 AD) - 560 pages
- The Life of Saint Teresa of Avila by Herself (1515-1582 AD) - 797 pages
Spanish Northern Italy
- Orlando Furioso (Volume I, Cantos 1-24) and Orlando Furioso (Volume II, Cantos 25-46) by Ludovico Ariosto (1516 AD) - 620 + 604 = 1,224 pages / Ferrara
- The Betrothed (I Promessi Sposi) by Alessandro Manzoni (1628 AD) - 1,018 pages / Milan
Spanish Southern Italy
- Caravaggio: A Life Sacred and Profane by Andrew Graham-Dixon (1571-1610 AD) - 544 pages
- The Tale of Tales by Giambattista Basile & Nancy L. Canepa (1600s AD) Naples - 528 pages
- New Science by Giambattista Vico & David Marsh (1668-1744 AD) Naples - 560 pages