The age of reason begins : a history of European civilization in the period of Shakespeare, Bacon, Montaigne, Rembrandt, Galileo, and Descartes: 1558-1648 /

Durant, Will, 1885-1981,

The age of reason begins : a history of European civilization in the period of Shakespeare, Bacon, Montaigne, Rembrandt, Galileo, and Descartes: 1558-1648 / History of European civilization in the period of Shakespeare, Bacon, Montaigne, Rembrandt, Galileo, and Descartes: 1558-1648 by Will and Ariel Durant. - xviii, 729 pages, 20 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, maps (on lining papers) ; 25 cm - The story of civilization ; part VII . - Durant, Will, 1885-1981. pt. VII. .



The great queen : 1558-1603 -- Merrie England : 1558-1625 -- On the slopes of Parnassus : 1558-1603 -- William Shakespeare : 1564-1616 -- Mary Queen of Scots : 1542-87 -- James VI and I : 1567-1625 -- The summons to reason : 1558-1649 -- The great rebellion : 1625-49 -- Alma mater Italia : 1564-1648 -- Grandeur and decadence of Spain : 1556-1665 -- The golden age of Spanish literature : 1556-1665 -- The golden age of Spanish art : 1556-1682 -- The duel for France : 1559-74 -- Henry IV : 1553-1610 -- Richelieu : 1585-1642 -- France beneath the wars : 1559-1643 -- The revolt of the Netherlands : 1558-1648 -- From Rubens to Rembrandt : 1555-1660 -- The rise of the north : 1559-1648 -- The Islamic challenge : 1566-1648 -- Imperial Armageddon : 1564-1648 -- Science in the age of Galileo : 1558-1648 -- Philosophy reborn : 1564-1648.

Examines the religious strife and scientific progress made from 1558 to 1650 in Europe.

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Thirty Years' War, 1618-1648.
Guerre de Trente Ans, 1618-1648.

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