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 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

Will Durant - The Story of Civilization 05 - The Renaissance
5th in the Civilization series - A word painting of the Italian Renaissance, a magnificent cultural flowering.
V. The Renaissance (1953)
1. Prelude: 1300-77
2. The Florentine Renaissance: 1378-1534
3. Italian Pageant: 1378-1534
4. The Roman Renaissance: 1378-1521
5. Debacle
6. Finale: 1534-76
7. Envoi

Will Durant - The Story of Civilization 03 - Caesar and Christ
CAESAR AND CHRIST, Volume three of The Story of Civilization, depicts the rise of Rome from a crossroads town to an empire. The world's first republic, Rome spread its civilization over the Mediterranean and Western Europe. Its long, slow crumbling and final collapse plunged Europe into darkness and chaos.