00:00:00 Chapter VIII. THE GREAT REBELLION : 1625 – 1649 (Continuation)
XI. Finis

BOOK II : THE FAITHS FIGHT FOR POWER: 1556 – 1648
00:02:45 Chapter IX. ALMA MATER ITALIA : 1564 – 1648
I. The Magic Boot
II. Rome and the Popes
III. The Jesuits
IV. Italian Days and Nights
V. The Birth of the Opera
VI. Letters
VII. Tasso
VIII. The Coming of Baroque
IX. The Arts in Rome
X. Bernini

02:27:33 Chapter X. GRANDEUR AND DECADENCE OF SPAIN : 1556 – 1665
I. Spanish Life
II. Philip II
III. Philip III
IV. Philip IV
V. Portugal

03:25:27 Chapter XI. THE GOLDEN AGE OF SPANISH LITERATURE : 1556 – 1665
I. El Siglo de Oro
II. Cervantes
III. The Poets
IV. Lope de Vega V. Calderón

04:18:17 Chapter XII. THE GOLDEN AGE OF SPANISH ART : 1556 – 1682
I. Ars Una, Species Mille
II. El Greco
III. Zurbarán
IV. Velázquez
V. Murillo

05:15:54 Chapter XIII. THE DUEL FOR FRANCE : 1559 – 1574
I. The Rival Forces
II. Catherine de Médicis
III. Arbitrament of Blood
IV. Massacre

06:21:23 Chapter XIV. HENRY IV: 1553 – 1610
I. Love and Marriage
II. Henry III
III. The Road to Paris
IV. The Creative King
V. The Satyr
VI. Assassination

07:12:42 Chapter XV. RICHELIEU : 1585 – 1642
I. Between Two Kings
II. Louis XIII
III. The Cardinal and the Huguenots
IV. The Cardinal and the Nobles
V. The Cardinal Supreme
VI. Epitaph

08:07:52 Chapter XVI. FRANCE BENEATH THE WARS : 1559 – 1643
I. Morals
II. Manners
III. Michel de Montaigne
IV. Immortals for a Day
V. Pierre Corneille
VI. Architecture
VII. Many Arts
VIII. Poussin and the Painters