Universities, rise of, [360]; nature of, [361]; failure in scientific methods, [361].

Venice, [335].

Village community, [44].

Village sites, [77].

Voltaire, [404].

Waldenses, [378].

Warfare and social progress, [119].

Watt, James, power manufacture, [436].

Weissman, A., [467].

Western civilisation, important factors in its foundation, [268].