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The Story of Civilization, Volume VII: A history of European civilization in the period of Shakespeare, Bacon, Montaigne, Rembrandt, Galileo, and Descartes: 1558-1648. This is the seventh volume of the classic, Pulitzer Prize-winning series.
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Index
Dates are of birth and death except for kings and popes, where they are of the reign. A single date indicates a floruit. A footnote is indicated by an asterisk. Italicized page numbers indicate principal treatment. All dates are A.D. unless otherwise indicated.
Abbas I, Shah of Persia (1587ā1629), 525, 527ā30, 531ā32, 534, 535
Abbas II, Shah of Persia (1642ā67), 533, 534
Aberdeen, Scotland, 112
University, 113
AbrƩgƩ de la philosophie de Gassendi (Berier), 636
absolutism, 7, 278, 280, 283ā84, 323, 365, 375, 381, 383, 390, 401, 543
James Iās divineārights theory, 132, 133, 135ā36, 138ā39, 160, 178ā79, 200, 204, 220, 627
vs. popular sovereignty, 246ā47, 354ā55, 367, 626ā28
AcadƩmie FranƧaise, see French Academy
Academy of St. Luke (Rome), 268, 325
Accademia degli Incamminati (Bologna), 232ā235
Accademia dei Lincei (Rome), 584, 605, 608
Accademia del Cimento (Rome), 584
Accademia della Crusca (Florence), 226
Accademia di Belle Arti (Bologna), 232
Accademia di Belle Arti (Milan), 226
Accoramboni, Vittoria (1557?ā85), 145, 252
Accord (Netherlands, 1566), 444
Achaemenid Susa (fl. 400 B.C.), 535
Act of Abjuration (Netherlands, 1581), 455
Act of Pacification (Netherlands, 1576), 450
Act of Revocation (Scotland, 1625), 203
Act of Supremacy (England, 1559), 18
Act of Uniformity (England, 1559), 17ā18
Acta Sanctorum, 417ā18
Actes and Monuments (Foxe), 15
Actium, battle of (31 B.C.), 523*
Acton, John E, Baron, 121*, 346*
actorsā companies, English, 42, 79ā81, 89, 94, 147, 149
Adagia (Erasmus), 404
Admiralās company, 80
Adolphus, Duke of HolsteināGottorp (fl. 1586), 499
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Dedication
- To the Reader
- List Illustrations
- Book I: The English Ecstasy: 1558-1648
- Book II: The Faiths Fight for Power: 1556-1648
- Book III: The Tentatives of Reason: 1558-1648
- Photographs
- About the Author
- Notes
- Bibliographical Guide
- Index
- Copyright