The eighth volume of Will Durant's acclaimed ''Story of Civilization'' series, The Age of Louis XIV chronicles the history of European civilization from 1648 to 1715. In this masterful work, listeners will encounter the tumultuous rule of the Louis XIV, who ruled France for over seventy years; the artists and leaders of England, including Milton, Jonathan Swift, and the Merry Monarch, Charles II; the tragic heroism of Swedens Charles XII and Peter the Greats reign in Russia; the persecution of Jews across Europe; and the intellectual adventure of the European mind from superstition and intolerance to science and philosophy. This volume ends with the death of Louis XIV, who left his people both destitute and disillusioned.
VIII. Le Roi S’en Va-t-en Guerre
III. The Jansenists and the Jesuits
VI. The King and the Huguenots
I. The Organization of the Arts
III. England under William III
V. Charles XII and the Great Northern War
I. The Reorganization of Germany
IV. From Monteverdi to Scarlatti
I. The International of Science
III. The Genealogy of Gravitation
I. The Vicissitudes of Cartesianism
II. The Grand Alliance: 1689–97
IV. The Grand Alliance: 1701–2
V. The War of the Spanish Succession