The Story of Civilization: Volume VII: The Age of Reason Begins

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by Will Durant

Every Man out of His Humour (Jonson), 148

  Évora, battle of (1663), 294

  Exercitatio anatomica de motu cordis et sanguinis in animaiihus (Gabriel Harvey), 167

  Exercitationes de generatione animalium (Gabriel Harvey), 168

  Exercitationes in … Solini Polyhistora (Salmasius), 582

  explorations, 39, 57, 157–58, 166, 249, 292, 477–78, 589–90

  Expulsion of the Triumphant Beast, The (Bruno), 619*, 621

  extraterritorial jurisdiction, 524*

  Ezpeleta, Gaspar de, 302

  Faber, Peter (Pierre Favre: 1506–46), 553

  Fabricius, Johannes (1587–1615), 605

  Fabritius, Carel (1624?–54), 484*

  Fabrizio d’Acquapendente, Girolamo (1537–1619), 167, 168, 229, 591

  Fabry, Wilhelm (1560–1624), 594

  factories: England, 184–85

  Persia, 531

  Faerie Queene, The (Spenser), 29, 67, 75–75, 77, 264

  faïence, 483, 529, 535

  Fain, John (d. 1590), 162

  Fairfax of Cameron, Ferdinando Fairfax, 2d Baron (1584–1648), 215

  Fairfax of Cameron, Sir Thomas Fairfax, 3d Baron (1612–71), 215–16, 218, 220

  faith, salvation by, see salvation

  Faithful Shepherdess, The (Fletcher), 144–45, 257

  Falkland, Lucius Cary, Viscount (1610–43), 210

  Falkland Is., discovery of, 166

  Fallopio, Gabriello (1523–62), 591, 592

  Famagusta, Cyprus, fall of, 522–23

  Farewell to Folly (Greene), 69

  Farnese, house of, 225, 238

  Farnese, Alessandro, Cardinal, 233, 316–17

  Farnese, Alessandro (1545–92), Duke of Parma (r. 1586–92), 557

  and the French, 363, 457

  in Netherlands, 36, 227, 453–57, 462

  Farnese, Odoardo, Cardinal, 267

  Farnese, Ranuccio, Duke of Parma (r. 1592–1622), 227

  Faro, Portugal, raided by Essex, 65

  fashions, see dress

  Faust (Goethe), 267

  Favola di Orfeo (Poliziano), 254

  Fawkes, Guy (1570–1606), 141–42

  Felton, John (1595?–1628), 203

  Fénelon, François de Salignac de La Mothe-(1651–1715), 645

  Feodor I Ivanovich, Czar (1584–98), 513, 514

  Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor (1556–1564), 10, 274, 538, 541, 542

  Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor (1619–1637): as Archduke of Styria, 597

  accession as King of Bohemia, 542, 556

  accession as King of Hungary, 541

  elected Emperor, 540

  in 30 Years’ War, 157, 160, 386, 556–62, 564–66, 571

  and Poland, 508

  Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor (1637–1657), 560, 5 66–67, 569

  Ferdinand, Archduke of Styria, see Ferdinand II, Emperor

  Ferdinand, Cardinal Infante, 323, 463, 472

  Ferdinand the Catholic, King of Aragon as Ferdinand II (1479–1516), of Castile as Ferdinand V (1474–1504), 278, 400

  Ferrara, duchy of, 225, 232, 238*

  art, 323

  and battle of Lepanto, 523

  dukes of, see Este

  music, 253, 254

  Tasso at, 259–65, 412

  Festin de pierre, Le (Molière), 310

  Fetti, Domenico (1589–1624), 268

  feudalism: Denmark, 495, 497

  England, 184–185

  France, 335, 365, 374, 382–83, 416

  Germany, 544, 560

  Netherlands, 437

  Poland, 497, 506–9

  Russia, 512

  Scotland, 112

  Fiammetta (Boccaccio), 67

  Fichte, Johann Gottlieb (1762–1814), 646

  Ficino, Marsilio (1433–99), 76

  Fielding, Henry (1707–54), 304, 313

  Fiji Is., discovery of, 589

  Filipstad, Sweden, 499

  Filmer, Robert (1590–1653), 247

  Filocopo, II (Boccaccio), 67

  Finland, 500, 570

  Firdausi (Abu’l Qasim Mansur: 940?–1020?), 534

  Fischart, Johann (1546?–1590?), 548, 579

  fishing industry, 46, 477

  Fitton, Mary (fl. 1600), 14, 90

  FitzGerald, Edward (1800–83), 311–12, 533

  Fitzgerald, Gerald, see Desmond

  Fitzgerald, James Fitzmaurice (d. 1579), 29

  Flacius Illyricus, Matthias (1520–75), 547

  Flanders, province of, 35, 339, 436

  and Act of Abjuration, 455

  and France, 347, 349

  religious troubles in, 443, 445, 452

  pillaged, 450–51

  Spanish rule restored in, 457

  Flanders (present Belgium), see Netherlands: Spanish

  Flemish arts, 430, 462–76, 483

  Fletcher, John (1579–1625), 143–44, 257

  flogging, in education, 66, 399

  Florence, Italy, 225, 226–27;

  architecture, 227, 232, 268, 270, 316, 431

  Galileo at, 604–5, 608

  and Lepanto battle, 523

  literature, 256

  music, 255

  painting, 227, 232, 316, 431

  Tasso at, 261

  Florio, John (1545–1625), 59, 64, 67, 97, 413, 618

  Floris, Frans (1518–70), 464

  Florus, Lucius Annaeus (2d. cent.), 582

  Fludd, Robert (1574–1637), 167

  Flushing, Netherlands, 33, 73

  Foix, Lady Diane de, 399

  Folengo, Teofilo (1496?–1544), 300–301

  Foligno, Italy, 238*

  Fontainebleau, France: Palace of, 337, 340, 342, 366, 427

  tapestry factory, 429

  Fontana, Domenico (1543–1607), 241, 242, 269–70, 589

  Fontana, Giovanni (1540–1614), 242

  Fontenelle, Bernard Le Bovier de (1657–1757), 636, 645

  Ford, John (1586?-after 1638), 67, 192–93

  forks, first use of, 56, 396

  Forli, Italy, 235, 238*

  Formosa, 478

  Fort St. George (Madras), India, 159

  Fotherby, Bishop (fl. 1622), 186

  Fotheringay Castle, 128–30

  fountain pen, first, 589

  Four Hymns (Spenser), 76

  Four Letters (Gabriel Harvey), 69

  Fourment, Helena, 2d wife (m. 1630) of Peter Paul Rubens, 471–72

  Foxe, John (1516–87), 15

  France, Anatole (1844–1924), 414, 636

  France, 333–435

  Anglo-French alliance (1624), 160, 558

  Anglo-French war, 185, 202, 559

  army, 17th cent., 386

  art, 358, 426–35, 646

  centralization of government, 335, 382–83, 384

  Church subordinated to state, 374, 381

  Council of State (1561), 341

  (1562), 342

  (1563), 343

  (1571), 347

  (1572), 348, 350

  (Henry IV’s), 365, 367

  (Louis XIIIs), 380, 385

  economic and social conditions (1559), 333

  (1589), 362

  (1594), 364–65

  (1609), 373

  extension of frontiers, 371, 373, 571

  Fronde (1648–53), 377, 384, 569, 644

  governmental reforms (Henry IV), 365–67

  Hapsburg encirclement of, 278, 339, 370–71, 385, 386, 390, 555, 558, 562

  literature, 78, 99, 108, 109, 313, 347, 397–98, 399–426, 645–46

  navy, 386

  regional, class, and religious groupings, 334–36, 360

  Protestant alliances, 347, 553, 558, 559, 562, 563, 569

  Religious Wars, see Religious Wars, French

  Scottish alliance, 8

  Spanish domination of, 347–48, 300

  Spanish-French peace (Pyrenees), 289, 327, 569

  Spanish marital alliance, 374, 378, 386

  Spain, wars with, 275, 278, 289, 293


  States-General, 354–55, 359

  (in 1560), 337, 339–40

  (1561), 341

  (1588), 360, 413

  (1614–15), 374–75, 380

  in 30 Years’ War, 386–87, 390, 558, 559, 565–68

  Turkish friendship, 371, 522, 524

  Westphalia Peace awards, 570–71

  wins ascendancy over Spain, 289, 332, 374, 380, 381, 571

  Franche-Comté, 274, 370, 538, 571

  Francis I, King of France (1515–47), 334, 336, 356, 367, 390, 395, 399, 427, 429

  Francis II, King of France (1559–60), 110–112, 120, 333–37, 394, 428

  Francis of Sales, Saint (1567–1622), 243–44, 376, 377

  Franciscans: in America, 251

  China, 249

  Japan, 247

  Russia, 515

  Spain, 275, 311, 320–21, 330

  Francisco a Victoria (1486–1546), 632*

  Franco-Gallia (Hotman), 354

  Francon, Sieur de (fl. 1617), 624

  Franconia, 542*

  Franeker, University of, 480, 583*

  Frankfurt am Main, 542*

  book fair, 543, 547, 553

  calendar riot 595

  plague in, 592

  Salzhaus, 549

  Frankfurt an der Oder: capture of (1631), 563

  plague in, 592

  Frankfurt Oberpostamzeitung, 579

  Frederick II, King of Denmark (1559–88), 123, 495–96, 596

  Frederick II the Great, King of Prussia (1740–1786), 570

  Frederick III, Elector Palatine (r. 1486–1525), 551

  Frederick IV, Elector Palatine (r. 1592–1610), 552

  Frederick V, Elector Palatine 1610–23), King of Bohemia (1619–20), 157, 160, 552, 556–58, 570

  Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange and Nassau (r. 1625–47), 461, 472

  free press, first, 479, 480

  free thought, 16, 82, 250, 410, 614

  free trade, 217, 630

  free will, 246, 459, 643–44

  Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany, 553, 592

  French Academy, 256, 390, 398, 415–16, 419, 435

  “Sentiments” (on Le Cid), 423

  French Fury, 456, 462

  French language, purification of, 397–98, 416, 419

  French Revolution, 182, 212, 220, 373, 390, 420

  Frescobaldi, Girolamo (1583–1643), 254

  Freud, Sigmund (1856–1939), 101

  Friar Bacon and Friar Bungay (Greene), 81

  Friesland, province of, 436, 443, 446–47, 452, 454

  Frischlin, Nikodemus (1547–90), 548

  Frizer, Ingram, 85

  Frobisher, Sir Martin (1535?–94), 166

  Fronde (1648–53), 377, 384, 569, 644

  Froschauer, Christopher (d. 1597), 579

  Froude, James A. (1818–94), 17

  Fugger, house of, 543

  Fuller, Thomas (1608–61), 105

  Funck, Johann (d. 1566), 552

  furniture: baroque, 429

  Elizabethan, 56, 62

  German, 550

  Fuzuli (Mehmet Suleiman Oglou: d. 1572), 521

  Gabirol, Solomon ibn (1021–58), 616

  Gabriel, Peter (fl. 1566), 442

  Gabrieli, Andrea (1510?–86), 254

  Gabrieli, Giovanni (1557–1612), 254, 546

  Gaetani, house of, 238

  Gainsborough, Thomas (1727–88), 476

  Galatea (Cervantes), 299, 301, 303

  Galen (2d cent.), 167

  Galigaï, Leonora, wife of Concino Concini (c. 1571–1617), 374

  Galilei, Galileo (1564–1642), 180, 225, 227, 232, 264, 508, 584, 591, 597, 600–612, 614, 647

  astronomical discoveries, 164, 604–5, 611

  Copernican astronomy upheld by, 572, 606–10

  Descartes affected by, 642–43

  Dialogue banned, 609

  Inquisition edict on, 608

  inventions of, 585, 601, 603, 611

  Leaning Tower anecdote, 602

  vs. Jesuits, 605–609

  philosophy of, 605

  as physicist, 587, 591, 601–3, 611

  recantation of, 610

  Galilei, Vincenzo (fl. 1560), 255

  Galli, Tolomeo (fl. c. 1579), 21

  Gallican liberties of French Church, 381

  Galvani, Luigi (1737–98), 612

  Gama, Vasco da (1409?–1524), 273, 291, 292

  games, see sports

  Garasse, François (fl. 1623), 614

  gardens, 46, 56, 429, 482

  botanical, 591, 593

  Gardic, Jacob de la, Count (1583–1652), 500

  Gargantua (Rabelais), 300

  Fischart “translation,” 548

  Garnett, Henry (1555–1606), 141–42

  Gamier, Robert (1534–90), 421

  Garrick, David (1717–79), 108

  Gascoigne, William (1612?–44), 165

  Gassendi, Pierre (1592–1655), 503, 506, 587, 595, 635–36, 643

  Gaston of Orléans, see Orléans

  Gauguin, Eugène Henri Paul (1848–1903), 320

  Gazette, Amsterdam, 480

  Gazette de France, 416

  Gcddes, Jenny, 206

  Gelderland, province of, 436, 447, 449

  Gembloux, battle of (1578), 453

  General History of the Turks (Knollcs), 66

  Geneva, 23, 24, 334–36, 540

  Academy of, 581

  Consistory, 540, 617

  University of, 583*, 617

  Venerable Company, 540

  Genoa, Republic of, 225, 226

  and Lepanto battle, 523

  maritime commerce of, 226, 273, 275

  Vandyck’s portraits, 474

  genre painting, 464–65, 472, 483–84

  Gentileschi, Orazio (1563–1647), 200

  Gentili, Alberico (1552–1608), 632*

  Geoffrey of Monmouth (1100?–54), 94

  geography, science of, 16, 49, 96, 164–67, 249, 295, 589–90, 629

  geometry, 589, 643, 646

  analytical, 163, 586, 637, 641, 647

  George William, Elector of Brandenburg (r. 1619–40), 559, 563

  Gérard, Balthazar (1558–84), 456–57

  Germany, 538, 542–44

  administrative “circles” of, 542*

  arts, 548–51

  Calvinism and Lutheranism in, 551–57, 571

  Catholic-Protestant distribution, 551, 571

  economic conditions (16th cent.), 543

  (1648), 567–68

  literature, 548–49

  population growth and decline, 543, 567

  Protestantism saved in, 647

  Renaissance and Reformation in, 63

  serfdom in, 543–44

  Thirty Years’ War in (1618–48), 333, 501, 557–68

  witchcraft persecution in, 578

  Gerusalemme liherata (Tasso), 67, 260–65, 479

  Gesualdo, Carlo, Prince of Venosa (c. 1560–1613), 254

  Ghecraerts, Marcus (1507?–90?), 61

  Gheeraerts, Marcus, the Younger (1561–1635), 61

  Ghent, 278

  Calvinism in, 437

  captured by Parma, 457

  Pacification of (1576), 450–52

  Spanish rule restored, 454

  Gibbon, Edward (1737–94), 256, 415

  Gibbons, Orlando (1583–1625), 60

  Giessen, University of, 583*

  Giglio, Luigi (1510–76), 594

  Gilbert, Sir Humphrey (1539?–83), 166

  Gilbert, William (1540–1603), 165–66, 588, 598

  Giorgione, II (Giorgio Barbarelli: c. 1478–1511), 474

  Glasgow, Scotland: in Church-state dispute, 133, 206

  University, 113, 133

  glassmaking, 61, 228, 315, 366, 463, 535, 589

  Glauber, Johann Rudolf (1604–68), 588

  Globe theater, 79, 105, 143, 147, 149

  Glorious Revolution (England, 1688), 220

  Gluck, Christoph Willibald (1714–87), 433

  Goa, 291, 29
2–93

  Gobelin, Jean (d. 1476), 429

  Gobelin tapestry works, 366, 521

  Godfrey of Bouillon (1061?–1100), 263

  Godunov, Boris Feodorovich, Czar (1598–1605), 508, 512, 513–15

  Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von (1749–1832), 108–9, 259, 267, 599

  Gogh, Vincent van (1853–90), 320

  gold: American, 48, 274, 286, 314, 333, 458, 461, 544

  search for, 157–58, 166, 167, 331

  goldsmithery, 50, 429, 550, 551

  Goletta (La Goulette), Tunisia, 299

  golf, origin of, 479

  “Go, Lovely Rose” (Waller), 199

  Gomarus, Franciscus (1563–1641), 459

  Gómez de Mora, Juan (fl. 1617), 314

  Gondomar, Diego Sarmiento, Count of (1587–1626), 157–58

  Góngora y Argote, Luis de (1561–1627), 154, 258, 267, 305–6, 319, 322, 323

  gongorism (gongorismo, cultismo), 305–6 311, 313

  Gonzaga, house of, 225

  Gonzaga, Aloysius, Saint (1568–91), 244

  Gonzaga, Guglielmo, Duke of Mantua (r. 1550–87), 229

  Gonzaga, Vincenzo I, Duke of Mantua (r. 1587–1612), 227, 255, 265, 466

  Gonzaga, Vincenzo II, Duke of Mantua (d. 1627), 227

  Gonzague, Louise Marie de (1612–67), m. (1648) Ladislas IV, King of Poland, 387, 509

  Good Hope, Cape of, 32, 292, 477

  good works, salvation by, see salvation

  Gordon, Lady Jane, m. Earl of Bothwell, 120, 121

  Gornicki, Lukasz (fl. 1588), 510

  Gosson, Stephen (1554–1624), 52, 71, 78–79

  Göteborg, Sweden, 499

  Gothic style: architecture, 61, 62, 265–66, 315, 426

  painting, 467

  sculpture, 428

  Gotland, 495, 497

  Goujon, Jean (1510?–68?), 428

  Gournay, Marie de (1565–1645), 402, 404*, 413

  Goya y Lucientes, Francisco José de (1746–1828), 331, 429

  Goyen, Jan van (1596–1656), 484

  Gracián, Baltasar (1601–58), 296

  Granada, Luis de (1504–88), 154

  Granada, Spain, 307, 329

  province, Morisco revolt in, 282, 284

  “Grand Design,” 370

  Grand Remonstrance, 211

  Granvelle, Antoine Perrenot de, Cardinal (1517–86), 439–40, 447, 523

  Grassi, Orazio (fl. 1620), 608

  gravitation, universal, theory of, 165, 597, 598, 600, 636

  Graz, Styria, 549, 597

  University of, 583*

  Great Protestation (1621), 159

  Great Rebellion, see Civil Wars, English

  Great Renewal, The (Bacon), 172–76

  Greco, El (Domingo Teotocópuli: 1548?–1614?), 266, 275, 279, 280, 314, 317–20, 325, 328, 494

  Greece: under Ottoman rule, 518, 520

  Periclean, 109, 273

  Greek Orthodox Church, 506, 508, 511, 519

  Green, John Richard (1837–83), 17

  Greene, Robert (1550?–92), 16, 68–69, 81, 82, 86, 96

  Greene’s Groatsworth of Wit, 69, 88–89

 

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