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

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by Will Durant


  literacy, 383, 479, 480, 512, 515, 520

  Lithuania, grand duchy of, 500, 506, 511

  Liverpool, England, in Civil Wars, 218

  Lives (Plutarch), 66, 400

  Livonia, 497, 500, 507, 508, 570

  Livorno (Leghorn), 226

  Livy (Titus Livius: 59 B.C.-A.D. 17), 67, 146, 423, 629

  Lochleven Castle, 123, 130

  Locke, John (1632–1704), 27, 183, 359, 407, 636, 641, 645

  Locke, Matthew (1620?–77), 175

  Lodge, Thomas (1558–1625), 76, 78, 86, 90, 92

  logarithms, 163–64, 585, 647

  logic: deductive and inductive methods, 168, 173–76, 180–81, 183

  and science, 587

  Logroño province, Spain, witchcraft convictions, 577

  Loitz Brothers, 543

  Lollards, 23, 335

  London: Bridge, 50

  a center of commerce, 8, 50, 58, 185, 186

  in Civil Wars, 212–13, 217

  Common Council, 79

  description of, 46

  Great Fire of 1666, 62

  Guildhall, 212

  Inns of Court, 26, 54, 61, 97

  Lambeth Palace, attack on, 189

  Peace of (1604), 286

  population (1640), 186

  religious sympathies, 4, 15, 17, 21, 24, 79, 185, 186

  riots (1640), 207

  Royal Exchange, 50, 61

  St. James’s Palace, 170

  St. Paul’s Cathedral, 50, 62, 155, 189

  theaters, 42, 52, 79–80, 88–90, 105, 143, 147, 149, 192

  Whitehall Palace, 13, 62, 170; see also Westminster Abbey

  Long Parliament, see under Parliament

  Longhena, Baldassare (1604–82), 230–31

  Longjumeau, Peace of (1568), 345

  Longueville, Anne Geneviève de Bourbon-Condé, Duchess of (1619–79), 397

  Longus (fl. 3d century), 66

  Loos, Cornelius (fl. 1592), 578

  Lope de Vega, see Vega, Lope de

  López, Rodrigo (d. 1594), 91

  Lords, House of: Bacon impeachment, 171

  bishops’ exclusion bill, 208

  Charles I’s appearance in, 210

  Five Members’ indictment, 211

  Gunpowder Plot, 141

  rebels and Royalists in (1642), 213

  and Rump Parliament, 219

  Loreto, Italy, 238*, 410, 412

  Lorrain, Claude (Claude Gellée: 1600–82), 432, 434–35

  Lorraine, duchy of, 334, 335, 370, 384, 387, 538, 542*, 566, 571, 577

  Lorraine, Cardinal of, see Guise, Charles de

  Lothringen, 387

  Louis IX, King of France (1226–70), 335, 356

  Louis XI, King of France (1461–83), 354

  Louis XIII, King of France (1610–43), 206, 370, 378–92 394–97, 415, 416, 565, 591, 632

  absolutism won for, by Richelieu, 201, 381, 383, 390

  art patron, 431, 432, 472

  and Cinq-Mars, 387–88

  and Gaston of Orléans, 379, 384, 388

  and Huguenots, 378–382

  Louvre improvements, 428, 476

  in regency of mother, 374–79

  Louis XIV, King of France (1643–1715), 290, 373, 379, 392, 394, 395, 435, 571, 575, 614, 645

  and arts, 427, 428, 429, 433, 521

  autocracy of, 543

  and Descartes, 644, 646

  and Huguenots, 382

  intendant system of, 384

  and Spain, 327, 569

  Louis Treize style, 429

  Louis of Nassau (1538–74), 347–48, 441, 443, 445–46, 448, 450

  Louis Philippe, King of the French (1830–48), 321

  Louvain, 453

  University of, 246, 580, 590

  Lovelace, Richard (1618–58), 197–98

  Love’s Labour’s Lost (Shakespeare), 16, 85, 89

  Low German (language), 436

  Lower Rhine administrative circle, 542*

  Lower Saxony administrative circle, 542*

  Loyola, Saint Ignatius (1491–1556), 244, 266, 270, 271, 427, 613

  Lübeck, Germany, 543, 549

  Peace of (1629), 560

  Lublin: Union of (1569), 506

  University of, 583*

  Lucan (Marcus Annaeus Lucanus: 39–65), 66

  Lucca, Republic of, 225, 227, 523

  Lucerne, Switzerland, 540, 577

  Lucian (2d cent.), 95

  Luçon, bishopric of, 380

  Lucretius (96?–55 B.C.), 404, 406, 601, 616, 620, 635, 636

  Lucy, Sir Thomas (1532–1600), 88

  Ludovisi, house of, 238

  Lully, Raymond (1235?–1315), 616

  Lundini, Taddeo (fl. 1594), 269

  Lunghi, Martino, the Elder (fl. 1570), 269

  Luristan, conquest of, 527

  Lusatia, 541

  Lusiads (Camões), 290, 291–93

  Lusitania, 292

  Luther, Martin (1483–1546), 15, 266, 354*, 410, 543, 609, 619

  doctrines, 246, 459

  Lutheranism: and absolutism, 626

  in Anglican creed, 18

  in Austria, 541

  Bohemia, 542, 557

  education under, 583

  in Germany, 551–56, 557

  Hungary, 541

  Maximilian II and, 539

  in Netherlands, 436, 442, 446, 448

  Poland, 508, 510–11

  as state religion, Sweden, 498–99, 505

  Lutter, battle of (1626), 559

  Lützen, battle of (1632), 387, 564, 565

  Lützow, Adolf von, Count (1782–1834), 567

  Luxembourg, duchy of, 370, 436, 538

  Luynes, Charles d’Albert, Duke of (1578–1621), 379, 380

  Lyly, John (1554–1606), 16, 26, 67–68, 81, 154, 258, 267, 306

  Lyon, France, 333, 337, 395, 427

  Huguenot massacre, 352–53

  Maastricht, 446, 451, 454, 461

  Macao, China, Portuguese settlement, 248, 291–92

  macaronic poets, 300, 619

  Macbeth (Shakespeare), 94, 97, 101, 102

  Machiavelli, Niccoló (1469–1527), 4, 6, 8, 63, 64, 67, 81, 97, 178, 273, 338, 389, 629. 630, 633

  Maderna, Carlo (1556–1629), 269, 270

  Madrid, 279

  art, 320–21, 323

  Buen Retiro, 314, 325

  Charles Stuart visit, 159–60, 322

  theaters, 307

  madrigals, 11, 13, 59, 60, 253–55, 256, 277

  Maestlin, Michael (fl. 1590), 597

  Magdeburg, bishopric of, 542*, 570

  siege and sack of, 561, 563, 568

  Magdeburg Centuries, The (Flacius), 547

  Magellan, Strait of, 32

  Maggini, Giovanni (c. 1580–1640), 254

  Magia naturalis (Porta), 584

  Mágico prodigioso, El (Calderón), 311–12

  Magna Charta, 96, 203

  Magnes (Kircher), 588

  magnetism, 598, 642

  terrestrial, discovery of, 165–66, 181, 588

  Mahmud Abdu’l Baqi (d. 1600), 521

  Maid’s Tragedy, The (Beaumont and Fletcher), 144

  Mainz, archbishopric of, 538, 542*, 549, 553, 566

  University of, 578

  Mairet, Jean (1604–86), 422

  Majestätsbrief (Bohemia, 1609), 542

  Major, John (1469–1550), 135

  Malabar Coast, India, 291

  Málaga, Spain: cathedral, 315

  Malatesta, Roberto, 240

  Malebranche, Nicolas de (1638–1715), 376, 414, 646

  Malherbe, François de (1555–1628), 108, 369, 371, 397–98, 417, 418–19, 427, 435

  Malleus maleficarum, 578

  Malmö, Sweden, 495

  Malpighi, Marcello (1628–94), 169, 612

  Manchester, Edward Montagu, 2d Earl of (1602–71), 215

  Mander, Karel van (1548–1606), 484*

  Manet, Édouard (1832–83), 319, 328

  Manfredi, Bartolommeo (1587–1
621), 268

  mannerism, 98

  in painting, 232, 268, 317, 434

  sculpture, 272

  Manners, Lady Katherine, m. Duke of Buckingham, 156

  manners, English, 14, 58

  Dutch, 479

  French, 395–98, 417

  Italian, 253

  Polish, 509

  Russian, 512

  Spanish, 277

  Mannheim, 387

  Manningham, John, 44, 81

  Mansart, François (1598–1666), 428, 435

  Mansfeld, Peter Ernst von, Count (1580?–1626), 556, 558, 559

  Manso, Giovanni Battista, Marquis (1561–1647), 257–58, 265

  Mantegna, Andrea (1431–1506), 428, 521

  Mantua, duchy of, 225, 227, 229, 254, 265

  art, 232, 466–67

  dukes of, see Gonzaga

  War of Succession, 227, 243, 289

  Manuel I, King of Portugal (1495–1521), 290

  Maqqari, al- (Ahmed ibn Muhammad: 1591?–1632), 520

  Mar, John Erskine, Earl of (d. 1572), 130

  Marburg, University of, 619

  Marconi, Guglielmo (1874–1934), 612

  Marcus Aurelius, Roman emperor (161–80), 173

  Mare liberum (Grotius), 632

  Margaret of France and Savoy (1532?–74), 226

  Margaret of Parma (1522–86), Regent of the Spanish Netherlands (1559–67), 439–446, 453

  Margaret Theresa (Margarita), Infanta (1651–73), 326

  Margaret Tudor (1489–1541), Queen of James IV of Scotland, 110

  Marguerite of Angoulême (b. 1492), Queen of Navarre (r. 1544–49), 336 356, 393

  Marguerite of Valois (1553–1615), 1st wife of Henry IV of France, 348, 352, 356–57, 369, 370, 376, 417

  María, Infanta (dau. of Philip III), m. Ferdinand of Hungary, later Emperor Ferdinand III, 157, 159–60, 322, 323

  Maria of Portugal (d. 1545), Queen of Spain as 1st wife of Philip II, 278

  Maria, wife of Emperor Maximilian II, 277

  Maria Eleanora of Brandenburg (1599–1655), 502

  Mariana of Austria (1634–96), 2d wife of Philip IV, later Regent of Spain (1665–75), 290, 323

  Mariana, Juan de (1537–1624), 246, 280–81, 297, 364, 372, 555, 626–29, 630

  Marie de Médicis (1573–1642), Queen of Henry IV of France (1600–10), Regent of France (1610–17), 396, 581

  and arts, 227, 258, 397, 426, 466, 470

  banishment, 379, 387, 416

  death, 392

  marriage, 255, 370

  as regent, 372, 374–78, 386

  and Richelieu, 380, 383–84, 387

  Mariestad, Sweden, 499

  Marie Thérèse (María Teresa: 1638–83), Queen Consort of Louis XIV of France, 290, 327

  Marillac, Michel de (1563–1632), 383–84

  Marini, Giambattista (1569–1625), 68, 257–258, 267, 306, 432

  marinismo, 258

  Marlborough, John Churchill, 1st Duke of (1650–1722), 96

  Marlowe, Christopher (1564–93), 16, 53, 67, 78, 81–86, 104, 143, 647

  and Greene, 68, 69, 82, 88

  and Shakespeare, 84–86, 88, 89, 92, 94

  skepticism of, 64, 81–82

  Marnix, Jean van, Lord of Tholouse (1537–67), 441

  Marnix, Philip van, Lord of St.-Aldegonde (1538–98), 441, 447

  “Marprelate, Martin, Gentleman,” 26

  Marrakech, Morocco, 518

  Marranos, 276

  Marseilles, convicts at, 395

  hospitals, 377

  Marston, John (1575?–1634), 143, 149

  Marston Moor, battle of, 215

  Martial (Marcus Valerius Martialis: 1st cent.), 66, 404, 317

  Mary I, Queen of England (“Bloody Mary”: 1553–58), 5, 6, 66, 110, 115, 164

  death, 3–4, 281

  marriage, 9–10, 278

  Mary of Guise (1515–60), Regent of Scotland (1554–59), 110

  Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots (1542–87), 9, 24, 110–30, 135, 205, 268

  appearance, 110–111, 113–14, 127, 417

  birth of son to, 10, 120

  and Bothwell, 118–23

  Casket Letters, 121, 125

  claim to Elizabeth’s crown, 4, 110, 112, 114, 124, 127, 129

  claim as legal heir of Elizabeth, 43–44, 137

  conspiracies involving, 6, 30–31, 33, 126–28, 280, 285, 451

  and Darnley, 118–22

  dealings with Elizabeth, 12, 111, 114, 118, 123, 124–25

  Elizabeth urged to execute, 127–29, 354

  escape from Scotland, 123–24

  execution, 22, 34, 129–30, 285

  French ties of, 8, 31, 110–11

  imprisonment in England, 124–30

  and Knox, 115–18, 126, 342

  trial of, (1), 121, 124–25

  (2), 128

  Maryland, 187

  Masaniello (Tommaso Aniello: 1623?–47), 235–36

  Mashhad, 527, 529, 530, 534

  masques, 11, 12, 13–14, 60, 62, 116, 137, 148, 193, 254–55

  Massachusetts Bay Colony, 188*

  masses (music), 59, 60, 253, 277, 463

  Massimo, Cardinal, 432

  Massinger, Philip (1583–1640), 67, 143, 192

  Masuccio di Salerno (Tommaso de’i Guardad: 15th cent.), 91

  mathematics, 163–64, 266, 457, 585–87, 601, 637, 638–39, 641, 645

  Mathesius, Johann, 555

  Matthias, Holy Roman Emperor (1612–19), 452–53, 540, 542, 556

  Maurice, Landgrave of Hesse-Cassel (r. 1592–1627), 552, 555

  Maurice of Nassau, Stadholder (r. 1587–1625), 457–61, 500, 632, 637

  Maurice of Saxony (Elector: 1547–53), 281, 438

  Mawlana Hasan, 534

  Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (1486–1519), 551

  Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor (1564–76), 277, 347, 507, 522, 538–39, 577

  Maximilian I, Duke of Bavaria (r. 1597–1651), Elector (1623–51), 549, 555, 557–58, 560–65, 567, 637

  Mayenne, Charles de Lorraine, Duke of (1554–1611), 240, 361, 362, 365

  Mayor of Zalamea, The (Calderón, tr. FitzGerald), 312

  Mazarin, Jules (Giulio Mazarini), Cardinal (1602–61), 390, 391, 429, 570, 635

  Mazo, Juan Bautista del (1612?–67), 327

  Measure for Measure (Shakespeare), 102

  Meaux, France, 342, 344, 352

  Mechlin, 436, 437, 448–49, 457, 574

  Mecklenburg, duchy of, 542*, 544, 560, 564

  Medici, house of, 201, 225, 338

  Medici, Cosimo de’ (1389–1464), 227

  Medici, Cosimo I de’, Duke of Florence (r. 1537–74), 227, 389

  Medici, Cosimo II de’, Grand Duke of Tuscany (r. 1609–20), 227, 604, 607–8, 610–11

  Medici, Ferdinand I de’, Grand Duke of Tuscany (r. 1587–1609), 226–27

  Medici, Ferdinand II de’, Grand Duke of Tuscany (r. 1620–70), 227, 591

  Medici, Francesco I de’, Grand Duke of Tuscany (r. 1574–87), 226, 261, 370

  Medici, Lorenzo de’ (1449–92), 337

  medicine, advances in, 167–69, 249, 585, 588, 590, 591–94

  Médicis, Catherine de and Marie de, see Catherine de Médicis and Marie de Médicis

  Medina-Sidonia, Alonso Pérez de Guzmán, 7th Duke of (1550–1615), 34–36

  Meditationes de prima philosophia (Descartes), 638*, 640, 643

  Meditationes sacrae (Bacon), 175*

  Meier-Graefe, Julius (1867–1935), 320, 328

  Melanchthon, Philip (1497–1560), 547, 551, 552

  Melville, Andrew (1545–1622), 133–34

  Mena, Pedro de (1628–88), 315

  Mendelssohn, Felix (1809–47), 92

  Mengs, Anton Raphael (1728–79), 328

  Mennonites, 460, 487

  mercantilism, 49, 185

  Mercator, Gerardus (Gerhard Kremer: 1512–94), 590

  Mercedarians, 320, 376

  mercenaries, 344, 345, 362, 371, 445–46, 567


  Merchant Adventurers, 50

  Merchant of Venice, The (Shakespeare), 56, 86, 91–92

  Merchant Taylors’ School, 51, 73

  Mercurian, Everard, 21, 244

  Meres, Francis (1565–1647), 104

  Merrick, Sir Gilly, 42

  Merry Wives of Windsor, The (Shakespeare), 86, 91*, 92

  Mersenne, Marin (1588–1648), 397, 587, 614, 635, 638, 643

  Merulo, Claudio (1533–1604), 254

  Messina, 284, 298, 523

  metalwork, English, 61

  Flemish, 463

  French, 429

  German, 550–51

  Italian, 266

  Persian, 534–35

  Spanish, 315

  Metamorphoses (Ovid), 90, 96, 472

  metaphysical poets, 154–56

  metaphysics, 586, 636–37, 641, 643, 644

  Météores (Descartes), 587

  meteorology, 585, 587

  Method for the Easy Understanding of History (Bodin), 629

  Methodism, 63, 152

  Metius, Jacobus (fl. 1608), 585

  metric system, 586

  Metz, bishopric of, 570

  Mexico, 32, 34, 251, 591

  city of, 321

  University, 583

  Michael Feodorovich, Czar (1613–45), 500, 517

  Michelangelo (Michelangelo Buonarroti: 1475–1564), 232, 242, 265, 269, 273, 316, 432, 464, 473

  dome of St. Peter’s, 270

  Last Judgment controversy, 267, 317

  Slaves, 428

  Michelet, Jules (1798–1874), 334

  microscope, development of, 163, 584–85, 588, 647

  Middelburg, Netherlands, 28, 584, 585

  middle class, 184

  in Bohemia, 542, 558

  England, 24, 50, 52, 57, 64, 187, 192, 212

  France, 220–21, 335, 339, 364, 366, 374–75, 383, 393

  Germany, 545, 549

  Netherlands, 436–37, 447, 476–79, 481–83

  Poland, 508

  Russia, 514

  Scotland, 112

  Middleton, Thomas (1570?–1627), 143

  Midsummer Night’s Dream, A (Shakespeare), 81, 92, 100, 144

  Mierevelt, Michiel van (1567–1641), 484*

  Mignard, Pierre (1610–95), 431

  Milan, 226, 252, 592

  Biblioteca Ambrosiana, 226, 579

  Spanish domination, 225, 274, 278, 331, 387

  Mildmay, Sir Walter, 51

  Militia Bill (1641), 211

  Mill, John Stuart (1806–73), 175

  Millenarians (Fifth Monarchy Men), 186

  Milton, John (1608–74), 107, 191, 192, 199, 208, 213, 230, 273, 503, 582, 611

  Minden, bishopric of, 570

  miniatures, 61, 521, 534–35

  Minin, Kosma (fl. 1611), 517

  mining and metallurgy, 46, 184, 477, 501, 512, 530, 544, 588, 589

  Mir Imad (fl. 1600), 521, 534

  missionaries, 225, 247–51, 427

  mnemonics, 616, 617, 621

  Mocedades del Cid, Las (Castro), 310, 422

 

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