Story of Civilization 11.01 - Will and Ariel Durant

00:00:00 Vol. 11: The Age of Napoleon by Will

Book I: THE FRENCH REVOLUTION: 1789 – 99
00:08:30 Chapter I. THE BACKGROUND OF REVOLUTION: 1774 – 89
I . The French People
II . The Government

00:42:03 Chapter II. THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY: May 4, 1789-September 30, 1791
I . The States-General
II . The Bastille
III . Enter Marat: 1789
IV . Renunciation: August 4 – 5, 1789
V . To Versailles: October 5, 1789
VI . The Revolutionary Constitution: 1790
VII . Mirabeau Pays His Debts: April 2, 1791
VIII . To Varennes: June 20, 1791

01:54:13 Chapter III. THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY: October 1, 1791-September 20, 1792
I . Persons of the Drama
II . War: 1792
III . Danton
IV . The Massacre: September 2 – 6, 1792

02:41:10 Chapter IV. THE CONVENTION: September 21, 1792-October 26, 1795
I . The New Republic
II . The Second Revolution: 1793
III . Exit Marat: July 13, 1793
IV . The “Great Committee”: 1793
V . The Reign of Terror: September 17, 1793-July 28, 1794
VI . The Thermidoreans: July 29, 1794-October 26, 1795

05:07:27 Chapter V. THE DIRECTORY: November 2, 1795-November 9, 1799
I . The New Government
II . The Young Napoleon: 1769 – 95
III . Josephine de Beauharnais
IV . Italian Whirlwind: March 27, 1796-December 5, 1797
V . The Coup d’État of the 18th Fructidor: September 4, 1797
VI . Oriental Fantasy: May 19, 1798-October 8, 1799
VII . The Decline of the Directory: September 4, 1797-November 9, 1799
VIII . Napoleon Takes Charge: The 18th Brumaire (November 9), 1799

07:21:25 Chapter VI. LIFE UNDER THE REVOLUTION: 1789 – 99
I . The New Classes
II . The New Morality
III . Manners
IV . Music and Drama
V . The Artists
VI . Science and Philosophy
VII . Books and Authors
VIII . Mme. de Staël and the Revolution
IX . Afterthoughts