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Durant covers the period between the reign of Elixabeth I of England to the beginning of the reign of Louis XIV. The Stuarts, the Thirty Years War, Richelieu all figure prominently herein. Durant manages to convey a vast amount of material in a pleasant and reasonably accurate and complete way. (

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The Story of Civilization (Part 7)

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The Age of Reason Begins

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1961

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On November 17, 1558, a courier galloped into the court of the royal palace at Hatfield, thirty-six miles north of London, and announced to Elizabeth Tudor that she was Queen of England.

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