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 JudaismThe Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem, a city considered holy by Christianity, Islam, and JudaismThis 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 325–565Julian the Apostate: 332-63The Triumph of the Barbarians: 325–476The Progress of Christianity: 364–451Europe Takes Form: 325–529Justinian: 527-65Byzantine Civilization: 337–565The 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 569–1258Mohammed: 569–632The KoranThe Sword of Islam: 632–1058The Islamic Scene: 632–1058Thought and Art in Eastern Islam: 632–1058Western Islam: 641–1086The 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 135-1300The Talmud: 135–500The Medieval Jews: 500–1300The Mind and Heart of the Jew: 500–1300The Dark Ages: AD 566–1095The Byzantine World: 566–1095The Decline of the West: 566–1066The Rise of the North: 566–1066Christianity in Conflict: 529–1085Feudalism 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: 1095–1300The Crusades: 1095–1291The Economic Revolution: 1066–1300The Recovery of Europe: 1095–1300Pre-Renaissance Italy: 1057–1308The Roman Catholic Church: 1095–1294The Early Inquisition: 1000–1300Monks and Friars: 1095–1300The Morals and Manners of Christendom: 700–1300The Resurrection of the Arts: 1095–1300The Gothic Flowering: 1095–1300Medieval Music: 326–1300The Transmission of Knowledge: 1000–1300Abélard: 1079–1142The Adventure of Reason: 1120–1308Christian Science: 1095–1300The Age of Romance: 1100–1300Dante: 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