"Kniga P"era Shoniu, istorika shkoly "Annalov", vsestoronne raskryvaet tsivilizatsiiu Evropy (vkliuchaia i Rossiiu) klassicheskoi epokhi, 1630-1760 godov. Uchenyi rassmatrivaet etu epokhu s dvukh tochek zreniia: s tochki zreniia demografii, besstrastnykh zakonov, reguliruiuschikh zhizn" ogromnykh liudskikh mass, i s tochki zreniia dukhovnoi istorii, istorii religii, iskusstva i mysli, formirovavshikh soznanie epokhi Predprosvescheniia.. .. "