The age of Voltaire: a history of civilization in Western Europe from 1715 to 1756, with special emphasis on the conflict between religion and philosophy

Prologue. France : the Regency, 1715-23

England, 1714-56. The people ; The rulers ; Religion and philosophy ; Literature and the stage ; Art and music

France, 1723-56. The people and the State ; Morals and manners ; The worship of beauty ; The play of the mind ; Voltaire in France, 1729-50

Middle Europe, 1713-56. The Germany of Bach ; Frederick the Great and Maria Theresa ; Switzerland and Voltaire

The advancement of learning, 1715-89. The scholars ; The scientific advance ; Medicine

The attack upon Christianity, 1730-74. The Atheists, 1730-51 ; Diderot and the Encyclopédie, 1713-68 ; Diderot Proteus, 1758-73 ; The spreading campaign, 1758-74 ; Voltaire and Christianity, 1734-78 ; The triumph of the Philosophes, 1715-89

Epilogue in Elysium.