The Age of Faith

https://www.wikiwand.com/en/The_Story_of_Civilization#/IV._The_Age_of_Faith_(1950) The Story of Civilization, by husband and wife Will and Ariel Durant, is an 11-volume set of books covering Western history for the general reader. The series was written over a span of more than five decades. It totals four million words across nearly 10,000 pages, with 2 further books in production at the time of the authors' deaths.<1] IV. The Age of Faith (1950) The Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem, a city considered holy by Christianity, Islam, and Judaism The Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem, a city considered holy by Christianity, Islam, and Judaism This volume covers the Middle Ages in both Europe and the Near East, from the time of Constantine I to that of Dante Alighieri. The Byzantine Zenith: AD 325–565 Julian the Apostate: 332-63 The Triumph of the Barbarians: 325–476 The Progress of Christianity: 364–451 Europe Takes Form: 325–529 Justinian: 527-65 Byzantine Civilization: 337–565 The Persians: 224–641 "Historically, the conquest destroyed the outward form of what had already inwardly decayed; it cleared away with regrettable brutality and thoroughness a system of life which, with all its gifts of order, culture, and law, had worn itself into senile debility, and had lost the powers of regeneration and growth." (p. 43) Islamic Civilization: AD 569–1258 Mohammed: 569–632 The Koran The Sword of Islam: 632–1058 The Islamic Scene: 632–1058 Thought and Art in Eastern Islam: 632–1058 Western Islam: 641–1086 The Grandeur and Decline of Islam: 1058–1258 "Moslems seem to have been better gentlemen than their Christian peers; they kept their word more frequently, showed more mercy to the defeated, and were seldom guilty of the brutality as marked the Christian capture of Jerusalem in 1099." (p. 341) Judaic Civilization: AD 135-1300 The Talmud: 135–500 The Medieval Jews: 500–1300 The Mind and Heart of the Jew: 500–1300 The Dark Ages: AD 566–1095 The Byzantine World: 566–1095 The Decline of the West: 566–1066 The Rise of the North: 566–1066 Christianity in Conflict: 529–1085 Feudalism and Chivalry: 600–1200 "Beliefs make history, especially when they are wrong; it is for errors that men have most nobly died." (p.458) The Climax of Christianity: 1095–1300 The Crusades: 1095–1291 The Economic Revolution: 1066–1300 The Recovery of Europe: 1095–1300 Pre-Renaissance Italy: 1057–1308 The Roman Catholic Church: 1095–1294 The Early Inquisition: 1000–1300 Monks and Friars: 1095–1300 The Morals and Manners of Christendom: 700–1300 The Resurrection of the Arts: 1095–1300 The Gothic Flowering: 1095–1300 Medieval Music: 326–1300 The Transmission of Knowledge: 1000–1300 Abélard: 1079–1142 The Adventure of Reason: 1120–1308 Christian Science: 1095–1300 The Age of Romance: 1100–1300 Dante: 1265–1321 "All in all, the picture we form of the medieval Latin Church is that of a complex organization doing its best, despite the human frailties of its adherents and leaders, to establish moral and social order, and to spread an uplifting and consoling faith, amid the wreckage of an old civilization and the passions of an adolescent society." (p. 818) Epilogue: The Medieval Legacy