book 1 - envy / years 33 to 93 - the apostolic age and the jewish diaspora book 2 - lust / years 303 to 347 ( out in 2013 ) - the end of paganism and the emergence of christianity to be started : book 3 - pride / xi century - the crusades and the kingdom of jerusalem / islam book 4 - wrath / xiv century - the black death and the creation of europe book 5 - gluttony / xvi century - indulgences and reformism book 6 - greed / xvii / xviii centuries - colonialism / enlightenment book 7 - sloth / xx century - closure / science / materialism / atheism the objective of this reading companion is to facilitate the reader with the numerous personae and places where the stories develop .