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

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by Will Durant

Scholemaster, The (Ascham), 15, 66

  Schomberg, Friedrich Hermann, later Duke of Schomberg (1615?–90), 294, 382

  Schoole of Abuse, The (Gosson), 52, 71, 78

  schools, 579

  free elementary, 51, 383, 479, 501

  “public,” England, 51, 52, 80

  secondary, 383; see also Jesuits, schools and colleges

  universities

  Schopenhauer, Arthur (1788–1860), 101, 296

  Schütz, Heinrich (1585–1672), 546

  Schuurman, Anna Maria (1607–78), 479

  Scioppius, Caspar (Caspar Schoppe: 1576–1649), 556, 623

  Scot, Reginald (1538?–99), 163, 578

  Scotland, 110–36

  Catholic-Protestant struggle (r. of Mary Stuart), 110–18

  (regency), 131–132

  Church-state struggle (James VI), 132–34

  dispute over bishops (Charles I), 205–7

  in English Civil Wars, 210, 213–14, 216, 218

  feudalism in, 111–12

  French alliance, 8, 111, 112, 118, 124

  Parliament, 111 (1561), 112 (1560), 113, 117 (1563), 132, 133, 134 (1592), 135

  in 30 Years’ War, 562

  union with England, 114, 136

  Scudéry, Madeleine de (1607–1701), 397, 417, 503

  sculpture: baroque, 266, 271–73, 429

  classic style, 265, 271, 428, 429, 550

  Dutch, 483

  Elizabethan, 61

  Flemish, 463–64

  French, 428–29

  German, 550

  Gothic, 428

  Italian, 227, 231, 256, 265–66, 270–73

  mannerist, 272

  Polish, 509

  Spanish, 288, 295, 313, 314, 315

  seas: freedom of, 632

  mastery of, 37, 39, 49, 285, 461, 559

  Sebastian, King of Portugal (1557–78), 290, 292

  Secchia rapita, La (Tassoni), 257

  Seekers, 186

  Seghers, Daniel (1590–1661), 464

  Seghers, Hercules (1585–1645), 484*

  Sejanus (Jonson), 89, 149

  Selden, John (1584–1654), 149, 159, 194, 201, 204, 207, 208

  Self-denying Ordinance, 215

  Selim II, Ottoman Sultan (1566–74), 521, 524–525

  Seneca, Lucius Annaeus (4? B.C.-A.D. 65), 67, 146, 420, 422, 580

  Epistles, 403

  Separatists, 25, 158, 186

  serfdom: Bohemia, 558

  Denmark, 495

  England, 46

  Poland, 508–9

  Russia, 512, 514, 517

  Serlio, Sebastiano (1475–1554), 61

  Serres, Olivier de (1539–1619), 366

  Servetus, Michael (1511–53), 168

  Servites, 228–29

  Sévigné, Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, Marquise of (1626–96), 396, 397

  Sextus Empiricus (2d cent.), 408

  Seville, Spain, 274, 307, 322

  cathedral, art in, 315, 321, 330

  churches, art in, 320–21, 329–330

  Giralda, 314

  Shahnama (Firdausi), 534

  Shakespeare, Hamnet (1585–1596), 88, 105

  Shakespeare, John (d. 1601), 87–88

  Shakespeare, Judith (1585–1662), 88, 107

  Shakespeare, Susanna (1583–1649), 88, 105–7

  Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), 7, 13, 14, 37, 44, 45, 47, 51, 56, 57, 58, 66, 68, 77, 87–109, 142, 144, 145, 156, 164, 255, 308, 310, 470

  as actor, 88–89, 97, 105, 147

  appearance, character, 105

  artistry, 96–100

  Bacon compared with, 96, 101, 181

  baroque influence on, 267

  and Burbage, 81, 89, 104

  classic rules disregarded by, 78, 104, 147

  Corneille compared with, 422, 425, 426

  death, 107, 304*

  early years, 87–88

  and Essex, 42, 93, 94

  First Folio, 88, 91, 104, 107

  Greene’s attack on, 69, 88–89

  historical plays discussed, 89, 96, 99

  and Jonson, 88, 89, 96*, 104–5, 107, 147, 151

  and Marlowe, 84, 85–86

  and Montaigne, 64, 404, 408, 409, 413

  narrative poems, 90, 94

  philosophy of, 100–104, 647

  songs, 93, 98, 106

  sonnets, 53, 72, 89–91, 97

  sources used by, 66, 67, 90, 91, 93–95

  and Southampton, 90–91

  tragedies, 93–96

  Shaw, George Bernard (1856–1950), 101

  Shelley, Percy Bysshe (1792–1822), 75, 252, 311

  Shepherd’s Calendar, The (Spenser), 74

  Sherley, Sir Anthony (1565–1635?), 527, 528

  Sherley, Robert (1581?–1628), 527

  ’s Hertogenbosch, siege of, 461

  Shi‘a, 527

  ship money, 205, 209

  Shiraz, Persia, 534, 535

  Shirley, James (1596–1666), 151

  Short Parliament, 206–7

  Shrewsbury, Elizabeth Talbot, nee Hardwick, Countess of (1518–1608), 62

  Shrewsbury, George Talbot, 6th Earl of (1528?–90), 48

  Shrewsbury School, 51, 70

  Shute, John (fl. 1563), 61

  Siam, Dutch trade with, 477, 589

  Sicily, 225, 235, 274, 278, 331

  Ottoman raid, 525

  Sidereus nuncius (Galileo), 604

  Siddons, Sarah (1755–1831), 108

  Sidney, Algernon (1622–83), 219

  Sidney, Lady Frances, nee Walsingham, later

  Countess of Essex, 40, 72

  Sidney, Lady Dorothy (1617–84), 199

  Sidney, Sir Henry (1529–82), 29, 70

  Sidney, Lady Mary, nee Dudley (fl. 1550), 70

  Sidney, Sir Philip (1554–86), 29, 40, 51, 63, 70–75, 104, 618

  classical views of, 71, 74, 77–78

  literary patron, 65, 70–71

  in Netherlands, 73, 457

  and the Queen, 14, 55, 70, 73

  and Spenser, 68, 70, 71, 73, 74

  writings, 77–75, 77–78, 257, 417

  Siegburg, Germany, stoneware, 550

  siege, science of, 457, 500

  Sigismund II, King of Poland (1548–72), 506, 509, 510

  Sigismund III, King of Poland (1587–1632), 510

  intervention in Russia, 508, 514, 516–17

  as King of Sweden (Sigismund Vasa: 1592–1604), 498–99, 500, 507–8

  “Siglo de oro, El” (Vega), 310

  Silesia, 519, 538, 541

  silk: culture of, France, 366

  industry, Persia, 528, 531, 535

  Sinan (1489?–1587), 521

  Sisters of Charity, 377

  Six Dramas of Calderón (tr. FitzGerald), 311–312

  Sixtus IV, Pope (1471–84), 594

  Sixtus V, Pope (1585–90), 238, 240–43, 252, 272, 273, 361, 507, 575

  and art of Rome, 241–42, 269, 270

  Elizabeth I, admiration for, 9, 242

  and Henry IV, 240, 242–43, 360

  and invasion of England, 34, 37, 242, 285

  and Vatican Library, 241, 579

  Skagerrak, strait of, 495, 499, 500

  Skarga, Peter (Peter Pawenski: 1536–1612), 509, 510

  skepticism, 4, 15, 64, 186, 194, 250, 571, 613–615, 617

  Christina’s, 504

  of French upper classes, 375, 393

  Marlowe’s, 81–82

  Montaigne’s, 97, 407–10, 413–14

  pagan, 639*

  in Shakespeare, 97, 102, 413

  Slaak River, naval battle in (1631), 461

  slave trade, 31–32, 54, 228, 250, 251

  Slavonic rite, 511

  Sleidanus, Johannes (15o6?–56), 547

  slide rule, invention of, 164, 585

  Sluys, Netherlands, 33, 457

  “Smectymnuus,” 209

  Smerwick massacre, 29, 38–39, 74

  Smolensk, siege of, 508

  Smollett, Tobias (1721–71), 3
04, 313

  Smyrna (Izmir), 291, 518, 519

  Smythson, Robert (1535–1614), 62

  Snell, Willebrord (1591–1626), 587, 641

  Snyders, Frans (1579–1657), 464–65, 467, 473

  social-contract theory, 27, 135, 359, 627, 630

  Society of Jesus, see Jesuits

  Socinus, Faustus (1539–1604), 510

  Socrates (5th cent, B.C.), 406, 408, 614

  Solari, Santino (fl. 1622), 549

  Solemn League and Covenant, 213–14, 216–19

  Solinus,- Gaius Julius (3d cent.), 582

  Solomon Is., 589

  Somerset, Edward Seymour, Duke of, Lord Protector of England (1547–50), 6

  Somerset, Robert Carr, Earl of (d. 1645), 137, 143

  Songes or Ayres (Dowland), 60

  sonneteers: English, 11, 67, 72–73, 75–77, 89–91, 154

  French, 418

  Italian, 625, see also Petrarch

  Sophocles (496?–406 B.C.), 12, 99, 422

  Sophonisbe (Mairet), 422

  Sorbonne, 340, 341, 361, 364, 372, 618, 640

  Sosigenes (fl. 46 B.C.), 594

  Soubise, Benjamin de Rohan, Seigneur de (1583–1642), 381

  Soult, Nicolas de Dieu, Marshal (1769–1851), 320

  Southampton, Henry Wriothesley, 3d Earl of (1573–1624), 42, 65, 90–91, 93, 94, 159

  South Seas, exploration of, 166, 589

  Spain, 274–332;

  Catalan revolt, 289, 386

  Catholic supremacy in, 275–76, 647

  colonies, see Americas

  Cortes, 627

  commercial and maritime decline, 31, 275, 285, 289, 293–94, 331–32

  Dutch peace (1648), 569

  economic conditions, 274–75, 288, 289, 331

  England, wars with, 33–38, 157, 160, 201, 286, 293–94

  England-invasion projects, 21–23, 34–38, 125, 126, 242, 285, 286, 291, 451, 457

  English peace treaties, 286, 471

  European supremacy lost, 289, 461, 469–70, 647

  France, domination of, 347–48, 390

  France, wars with, 275, 278, 289, 293; (see also 30 Years’ War)

  French marital alliance, 374, 379, 386

  French peace treaty (1659), 289, 327, 569

  and French Religious Wars, 242, 285, 345, 360–64, 457

  golden age of, 314–32

  (art), 295–313 (literature)

  in Holy League against Turks, 284, 522–24

  Italy, domination of, 225f., 295, 331

  Moriscos expelled, 286–87

  navy, 34–37, 274, 523

  and Netherlands revolt, 8, 28, 256, 289, 436–58, 460–61

  population, 274, 289, 331

  and Portugal, 290–91, 293, 295, 449

  in 30 Years’ War, 243, 289, 331, 461, 557, 559, 562, 566–68

  Spain, Its Greatness and Decay (Martin Hume), 282

  Spanish Curate, The (Fletcher and Massinger), 143

  Spanish Fury, 451, 462

  Spanish Journey (Meier-Graefe), 320

  Spanish Netherlands, see Netherlands: Spanish

  Spanish Tragedy, The (Kyd), 81

  speculation, financial, 333, 437, 480, 543

  Spee, Friedrich von (1591–1635), 553, 578

  Spencer, Gabriel (d. 1598), 148

  Spencer, Herbert (1820–1903), 175, 183, 646

  Spenser, Edmund (1552?–99), 7, 29, 66, 67, 73–77, 104, 156, 264, 618

  and Sidney, 68, 70, 71, 73, 74

  Spenserian stanza, 75

  Spieghel, Hendrik (1549–1612), 480

  Spinola, Ambrosio de (Ambrogio di Spinola: 1569–1630), Marqués de los Balbases, 325, 458, 461, 471, 558

  Spinoza, Baruch (1632–77), 398, 460, 490, 584, 586, 613, 620, 621, 645

  writings, 647

  Spitsbergen Archipelago, 477

  sports, Sunday, issue of, 191, 209

  Spottiswoode, John, Archbishop (1565–1639), 205–6

  Sprenger, Jakob (fl. 1474), 578

  Staël, Germaine, Mme. de, see Necker (1766–1817), 108

  Stangebro, battle, of, 499

  Star Chamber, 7, 54, 55, 189, 204, 209

  Stationers’ Company, 65–66

  Statute of Apprentices (1563), 47–48

  Steen, Jan (1626–79), 484

  Stegeborg, battle of, 499

  Stendhal (Marie Henri Beyle: 1783–1842), 412

  Steps to the Temple (Crashaw), 200

  Sterne, Laurence (1713–68), 304

  Stevinus (Stevin), Simon (c. 1548–1620), 457, 586, 587, 589

  Stirling, Scotland, 112, 116, 122

  Stirling-Maxwell, Sir William (1818–78), 315

  Stjernhjelm, Georg (1598–1672), 503

  Stoffels, Hendrikje (d. 1662), 490–93

  Stoicism, 101, 403, 406, 426

  Stow, John (1525?–1605), 66

  Strada, Famianus (fl. 1617), 588

  Stradivari family, 254

  Strafford, Sir Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of (1593–1641), 197, 201, 202

  impeachment, execution, 208–10

  “Thorough” policy, 206, 210

  Strasbourg, 577

  University of, 583*

  Stratford on Avon, 55, 87–89, 104, 105, 107

  strikes, 47, 544

  Stoss, Veit (1440?–1533), 509

  Strode, William (1599?–1645), 211–12

  Strozzi, Bernardo (1581–1644), 231

  Strype, John (1643–1737), 16

  Stuart, Elizabeth, dau. of James I of England, see Elizabeth of the Palatinate

  Stuart, Esmé, 1st Duke of Lennox (1542?–83), 131

  Stuart, Margaret, m. John Knox, 118

  Stuart, Mary, see Mary Stuart

  Stubbs, John (1543?–91), 55

  Stubbs, Philip (fl. 1583), 52

  Sturtevant, Simon (fl. 1612), 589

  Stuttgart, 542*

  Styria, 538

  Protestants banished from, 597

  Suárez, Francisco (1548–1617), 627, 632*

  Suckling, Sir John (1609–42), 107, 197, 475

  Süderköping, Diet of (1595), 498

  Suetonius (fl. c. 120), 67, 149

  Suffolk, Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of, see Howard, Lord Thomas

  Suleiman I the Magnificent, Ottoman Sultan (1520–66), 521, 522, 596

  Sully, Maximilien de Béthune, Duke of (1560–1641), 161, 243, 363, 367–70, 372, 375, 581

  as finance superintendent, 365–66, 374, 394

  “Grand Design,” 370

  memoirs, 368*, 417

  Sulpicians, 375

  sumptuary laws, 56, 396

  sun spots, 164, 605–6

  Sunna, 527, 528

  superstition, 162–63, 194, 575–79

  Surat, India, 159

  Surinam (Dutch Guiana), 478

  Survey of London, A (Stow), 66

  Sussex, Frances Radcliffe, nee Sidney, Countess of (fl. 1588), 51

  Sussex, Sir Thomas Radcliffe, 3d Earl of (1526?–83), 80, 125

  Sustermans, Justus (1597–1681), 464, 611

  Swabia, 542*

  Sweden, 497–506;

  army, piety of, 500, 562

  Catholic-Protestant conflict, 497–99, 508–9

  Danish-Swedish wars, 496–97, 499, 500

  French alliance, 588

  literature, 503

  Lü-beck war, 543

  Lutheran state church, 498–499, 505, 647

  Polish war, 500–501, 508

  Riksdag, 497–99, 501, 505

  Russia, intervention in, 516–17

  school system, 501, 503–4

  straits free-passage issue, 495, 496–97, 499, 500

  30 Years’ War, 386, 496, 5 62–68

  Westphalia Peace awards, 570

  Swedish South Sea Company, 501

  Sweelinck, Jan Pieterszoon (1562–1621), 480

  Swift, Jonathan (1667–1745), 99

  Switzerland, 538, 540, 547, 570

  Montaigne on, 412

  Sylva Sylvarum (Bacon),
180

  Syntagma musicum (Praetorius), 546

  Syntagma philosophiae Epicuri (Gassendi), 635

  syphilis, 397, 592

  Syria, 482, 518

  Table Talk (Selden), 194

  Tabriz, Persia, 527–28, 530

  Tacitus, Cornelius (c. 55-after 117), 67, 146, 149, 177, 580, 629

  Tagliacozzi, Gasparo (1546–99), 593–94

  taille (poll tax), 366, 382, 385–86

  Taj Mahal, 534

  Talavera de la Reina, Spain, 315

  Tallemant des Réaux, Gédéon (1619–92), 387, 392

  Tallis, Thomas (1510?–85), 59

  Tamasp I, Shah of Persia (1524–76), 527, 530

  Tamburlaine the Great (Marlowe), 64, 82–83

  Taming of the Shrew, The (Shakespeare), 92

  tapestries, 56

  Flemish, 463, 472, 509

  French, 366, 429, 431, 472, 508, 521

  Persian, 534

  tariffs, protective, 7, 49, 185, 366

  Tarquinius, King of Rome (534–510 B.C.), 628

  Tasman, Abel Janszoon (1603–59), 589

  Tassi, Agostino (1565–1644), 434

  Tasso, Bernardo (1493–1569), 259–61

  Tasso, Torquato (1544–95), 75, 225, 227, 253, 258, 259–65, 273, 293, 412

  Alfonso d’Este his patron, 232, 261–63, 265

  Aminta, 67, 257, 260

  in confinement, 262–65

  Gerusalemme, 67, 260–65, 479

  Tassoni, Alessandro (1565–1635), 257

  Tavannes, Gaspard de Saulx de, Marshal (1509–73), 348

  Tavernier, Jean Baptiste (1605–89), descriptions of Persia, 520, 528, 530–32

  taxation: clerical exemption from (France), 372

  Empire, 568

  England, 7, 17, 48, 58, 185; (see alsoship money; tonnage and poundage)

  France, 365–66, 371, 373, 381, 382, 384–86

  Mariana’s theories on, 628

  Netherlands (under Spain), 437–39, 446–447, 449

  Russia, 512

  Spain, 288 (sales tax, alcabala), 289; see also taille;

  tithes

  Taylor, Jeremy (1613–67), 188

  Teixeira, Pedro (1575?–1640), on Aleppo, 531

  on Persia, 527, 530

  telescope, development of, 163, 165, 584–85, 588, 603–4, 642, 647

  Telesio, Bernardino (1509–88), 235, 605, 616, 624

  Tempest, The (Shakespeare), 96, 97, 100, 102, 105

  tenebroso style, see under painting

  Teniers, David, the Elder (1582–1649), 464

  Terence (190?–159 B.C.), 77, 422

  Teresa, Saint (1515–82), 154, 266, 275, 277, 297

  Crashaw’s poem on, 199

  terrestrial magnetism, see magnetism, terrestrial

  Tesselschade, Maria (1594–1649), 479, 481

  Testament politique (Richelieu), 391–92

  textile industry, 46–47, 184–85, 204, 227, 273, 274, 429, 441, 463, 477, 521, 534–35, 544

  Thackeray, William Makepeace (1811–63), 313

  Theatines, 229

  Theocritus (3d cent. B.C.), 66, 74

 

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