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].