| Description |
xviii, 802 pages, 20 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, maps on lining papers ; 25 cm. |
| Series |
The story of civilization ; 8 |
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Durant, Will, 1885-1981.
Story of civilization ; 8.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 723-755) and index. |
| Contents |
The French zenith : 1643-1715. The sun rises : 1643-84 ; The crucible of faith : 1643-1715 ; The King and the arts : 1643-1715 ; Molière : 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, Molière, Cromwell, Milton, Peter the Great, Newton and Spinoza: 1648-1715." |
| Subject |
Louis XIV, King of France, 1638-1715.
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Europe -- History -- 1648-1789.
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Louis XIV, King of France, 1638-1715. (OCoLC)fst00054217
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Europe. (OCoLC)fst01245064
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| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| Added Author |
Durant, Ariel.
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Durant, Will, 1885-1981. Age of Louis XIV. New York : Simon and Schuster, 1963 (OCoLC)609680663 |
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Online version: Durant, Will, 1885-1981. Age of Louis XIV. New York : Simon and Schuster, 1963 (OCoLC)613709812 |
| ISBN |
0671012150 |
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9780671012151 |
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