The age of Louis XIV
Subtitle: a history of European civilization in the period of Pascal, Moliere, Cromwell, Milton, Peter the Great, Newton, and Spinoza: 1648-1715
By: by Will and Ariel Durant
Contributors: Durant, Ariel
Series: The story of civilization -- v. 8
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 1963
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 802
Subjects: Civilization; History
Notes: Includes index.

Maps on lining papers.

Bibliography : p. 723-732.
Table of contents: title: Book I. 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: 1643-1715 ; Tragedy in the Netherlands: 1649-1715; title: Book II. England: 1649-1714. Cromwell: 1649-60 ; Milton: 1608-74 ; The Restoration: 1660-85 ; The glorious revolution: 1685-1714 ; From Dryden to Swift: 1660-1714; title: Book III: 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; title: Book IV. 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; title: Book V. France against Europe: 1683-1715. The sun sets.