TY  - BOOK
AU  - Durant,Will
AU  - Durant,Ariel
TI  - The age of reason begins: a history of European civilization in the period of Shakespeare, Bacon, Montaigne, Rembrandt, Galileo, and Descartes: 1558-1648 
T2  - The story of civilization
SN  - 9780671013202
AV  - D220.D951.A346 1961 
KW  - Thirty Years' War, 1618-1648
KW  - Guerre de Trente Ans, 1618-1648
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 649-681) and index; 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
N2  - Examines the religious strife and scientific progress made from 1558 to 1650 in Europe
ER  -