Will Durant - The Story of Civilization 10 - Rousseau and Revolution
10th in the Civilization series - The Durants present a dramatic exploration of the events leading up to the French Revolution. Pulitzer Prize.
X. Rousseau and Revolution (1967)
1. Prelude
2. France Before the Deluge: 1757-74
3. The Catholic South: 1715-89
4. Islam and the Slavic East: 1715-96
5. The Protestant North: 1756-89
6. Johnson's England: 1756-89
7. The Collapse of Feudal France: 1774-89
8. Envoi
Will Durant - The Story of Civilization 09 - The Age of Voltaire
9th in the Civilization series - The Age Of Voltaire is the biography of a great man as well as the story of ideas and events that culminated in the French Revolution. IX. The Age of Voltaire (1965)
1. France: The Regency
2. England: 1714-56
3. France: 1723-56
4. Middle Europe: 1713-56
5. The Advancement of Learning: 1715-89
6. The Attack Upon Christianity: 1730-74
Will Durant - The Story of Civilization 07 - The Age of Reason Begins
7th in the Civilization series - The Durants take on the linchpin of modern European history, the religious strife and scientific progress between the 1550s and 1650s.
VII. The Age of Reason Begins (1961)
1. The English Ecstasy: 1558-1648
2. The Faiths Fight For Power: 1556-1648
3. The Tentatives of Reason: 1558-1648
Will Durant - The Story of Civilization 08 - The Age of Louis XIV
8th in the Civilization series - The Durants explore an apex of modern European culture, the years 1648 to 1715, the era of Louis XIV.
VIII. The Age of Louis XIV (1963)
1. The French Zenith: 1643-1715
2. England: 1649-1714
3. The Periphery: 1648-1715
4. The Intellectual Adventure: 1648-1715
5. France Against Europe: 1683-1715
Will Durant - The Story of Civilization 06 - The Reformation
6th in the Civilization series - The Reformation toppled thrones, produced countless martyrs and spawned a host a new Christian sects.
VI. The Reformation (1957)
1. From John Wyclif to Martin Luther: 1300-1517
2. The Religious Revolution: 1517-64
3. The Strangers in the Gate: 1300-1566
4. Behind the Scenes: 1517-1564
5. The Counter Reformation: 1517-65
