Actes and monuments vs Colloquia: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Reformation, Catholic Church, Early works to 1800
Actes and monuments
"Acts and monuments of matters most special and memorable, happening in the church with an universal history of the same. Wherein is set forth at large, the whole race and course of the church, from the primitive age to…
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Colloquia
A Book of Colloquies had appeared, the material of which was collected partly from domestic talks, partly from my papers; but with a mixture of certain trivialities, not only without sense, but also in bad…
The verdict
- Readers rate Actes and monuments highest: Actes and monuments 4.3 · Colloquia 3.8.
- Colloquia is the quickest read — about 5 hours vs 11 for Actes and monuments.
- Actes and monuments has the widest readership — 20125 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| Actes and monuments | Colloquia | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.3 (20125) | — |
Reception
| Actes and monuments | Colloquia | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 20125 | 20 |
| Editions | 89 | 132 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | — |
| Want to read | 15828 | — |
| Reading it now | 3046 | — |
| Written reviews | 573 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | — | 628 |
| Pages | 597 | 284 |