The Age of Reason Begins: A History of European Civilization in the Period of Shakespeare, Bacon, Montaigne, Rembrandt, Galileo, and...
- ISBN-10
- 0671013203
- ISBN-13
- 9780671013202
- Category
- Civilization
- Pages
- 729
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1961
- Publisher
- Simon and Schuster
- Authors
- Will Durant, Ariel Durant
Description
Examines the religious strife and scientific progress made from 1558 to 1650 in Europe
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