Part 1 Ancient and classical civilizations: ancient civilizations; rise of classical civilization; Roman civilization - the republic; Roman civilization - the imperial system and its dissolution. Part 2 European civilization: the Middle Ages - Germanic successors - structural transfer; Romanesque search for family/identity - from individual to group; search for the order - the new social orders of the Gothic, 1100-1360. Part 3 Renaissance and beyond: age of humankind, 1360-1630; religion in the age of humankind and society after Luther; keeping everything in perspective - exploring, defining, representing and manipulating humankind's realm; a world of boundaries - later Baroque Europe, 1630-1715.
