About the book: 2005 / The book by Pierre Chaunu, a historian of the Annales school, comprehensively reveals the civilization of Europe (including Russia) of the classical era, 1630–1760. The scientist examines this era from two points of view: from the point of view of demography, dispassionate laws regulating the lives of huge masses of people, and from the point of view of spiritual history, the history of religion, art and thought that shaped the consciousness of the Pre-Enlightenment era.