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The Story Of Civilization: Book 8
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"A gigantic gallery of personages and periods in the 17th century, another cultural panorama from Will and Ariel Durant, part of that installment-opus they call The Story of Civilization. Like its predecessors, the chapters are cineramas of information, replete with research, richly rendered,... read more
Ridiculously Simplified Synopsis edit
People edit
- Charles II: Add a description of this character.
- Peter
- Cromwell
- Milton
- James II
- William III
- Spinoza
- John Locke
- Colbert
- Jules Mazarin
- Anne
- Bossuet
- Holland
- Dryden
- Mary
- Bayle
- Pepys
- Swift
- Boyle
- Shaftesbury
- Le Brun
- Alexis
- Boileau
- La Rochefoucauld
- Descartes
- Hooke
- Hobbes
- Arnauld
- Sobieski
- Fontenelle
- Halley
- Defoe
- Steele
- Adam
- Oates
- Aubrey
- Armand Jean du Plessis, Cardinal de Richelieu
- Louis
- Bolingbroke
- Wren
- Fenelon
- John
- Henrietta
- Newton
- Addison
- Turenne
Setting & Locations edit
- France
- England
- Paris
- London
- Spain
- Europe
- Prussia
- Sweden
- Germany
- Poland
- Racine
- Rome
- Italy
- Versailles
- Amsterdam
- Ireland
- Vienna
- Austria
- Moscow
- Denmark
- Portugal
- Scotland
- Cambridge
- Netherlands
- America
- United Provinces
- Berkeley
- Dublin
- Turkey
- Venice
- Florence
- Naples
- Saint-simon
- Oxford
- Ukraine
- Heaven
- Berlin
- Halifax
- Hungary
- Madrid
- Judaism
- Leiden
- Rotterdam
- Flanders
- Utrecht
- Britain
- Rouen
- Warsaw
First Sentence edit
WHY is it that from 1643 France exercised an almost hypnotic dominance over Western Europe, in politics till 1763, in language, literature, and art till 1815?
Series & Lists edit
This is book 8 of 11 in The Story Of Civilization. (standard series)
Preceded by The Age of Reason Begins, and followed by The Age of Voltaire.
This is book 8 of 10 in The Story Of Civilization (community list). (community list)
Preceded by The Age of Reason Begins, and followed by The Age of Voltaire.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Will Durant (Author)
- Ariel Durant (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1963
ISBN: 0671012150
Page Count: 816
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1963
ISBN: 0671012150
Page Count: 816
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 909
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