The age of Louis XIV : a history of European civilization in the period of Pascal, Moliere, Cromwell, Milton, Peter the Great, Newton, and Spinoza: 1648-1715 / by Will and Ariel Durant.

By: Durant, Will, 1885-1981
Contributor(s): Durant, Ariel
Series: Durant, Will, Story of civilization: 8.Publisher: 1963Description: xviii, 802 pages, 20 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, maps on lining papers ; 25 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0671012150; 9780671012151Subject(s): Louis XIV, King of France, 1638-1715 | Europe -- History -- 1648-1789 | Europe -- Civilization -- 18th century | Europe -- Civilization -- 17th century | Geschichte 1648-1715Additional physical formats: Online version:: Age of Louis XIV.; Online version:: Age of Louis XIV.DDC classification: 940.22 LOC classification: CB53 | .D85 v.8DC129 | D87 1963
Contents:
The French zenith : 1643-1715. The sun rises : 1643-84 ; The crucible of faith : 1643-1715 ; The King and the arts : 1643-1715 ; Moliere : 1622-73 ; The classic zenith in French literature ; Tragedy in the Netherlands : 1649-1715 -- England : 1649-1714. Cromwell : 1649-60 ; Milton : 1608-74 ; The Restoration : 1660-85 ; The Glorious Revolution : 1685-1714 ; From Dryden to Swift : 1660-1714 -- The periphery : 1648-1715. The struggle for the Baltic : 1648-1721 ; Peter the Great : 1698-1725 ; The changing empire : 1648-1715 ; The fallow south : 1648-1715 ; The Jewish enclaves : 1564-1715 -- The intellectual adventure : 1648-1715. From superstition to scholarship : 1648-1715 ; The scientific quest : 1648-1715 ; Isaac Newton : 1642-1727 ; English philosophy : 1648-1715 ; Faith and reason in France : 1648-1715 ; Spinoza : 1632-77 ; Leibniz : 1646-1716 -- France against Europe : 1683-1715. The sun sets.
Summary: "A history of European civilization in the period of Pascal, Moliere, Cromwell, Milton, Peter the Great, Newton and Spinoza: 1648-1715."
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 723-755) and index.

The French zenith : 1643-1715. The sun rises : 1643-84 ; The crucible of faith : 1643-1715 ; The King and the arts : 1643-1715 ; Moliere : 1622-73 ; The classic zenith in French literature ; Tragedy in the Netherlands : 1649-1715 -- England : 1649-1714. Cromwell : 1649-60 ; Milton : 1608-74 ; The Restoration : 1660-85 ; The Glorious Revolution : 1685-1714 ; From Dryden to Swift : 1660-1714 -- The periphery : 1648-1715. The struggle for the Baltic : 1648-1721 ; Peter the Great : 1698-1725 ; The changing empire : 1648-1715 ; The fallow south : 1648-1715 ; The Jewish enclaves : 1564-1715 -- The intellectual adventure : 1648-1715. From superstition to scholarship : 1648-1715 ; The scientific quest : 1648-1715 ; Isaac Newton : 1642-1727 ; English philosophy : 1648-1715 ; Faith and reason in France : 1648-1715 ; Spinoza : 1632-77 ; Leibniz : 1646-1716 -- France against Europe : 1683-1715. The sun sets.

"A history of European civilization in the period of Pascal, Moliere, Cromwell, Milton, Peter the Great, Newton and Spinoza: 1648-1715."

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