The Enlightenment (Bedford Series in History & Culture (Paperback)) (Paperback)
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all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 48 hours | |Short Description for The Enlightenment The movement called the Enlightenment swept through 18th-century Europe, forever changing the political, religious, and educational landscape. Margaret Jacob has assembled selections by important figures of the period, including Locke, Rousseau, Mary Wortley Montagu, and Moses Mendelssohn.
Full description- Publisher: St Martin's Press
- Published: 20 February 2001
- Format: Paperback 225 pages
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- Categories: Literary Studies: General | European History | Classical History / Classical Civilisation | Early Modern History: C 1450/1500 To C 1700 | Modern History To 20th Century: C 1700 To C 1900
- ISBN 13: 9780312179977 ISBN 10: 0312179979
- Sales rank: 381,395
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Full description for The Enlightenment
The movement called the Enlightenment swept through 18th-century Europe, forever changing the political, religious, and educational landscape. Margaret Jacob has assembled selections by important figures of the period, including Locke, Rousseau, Mary Wortley Montagu, Denis Diderot, and Moses Mendelssohn. She covers the movement's lengthy evolution in a comprehensive introduction, which establishes the issues central to understanding the documents and provides important background on the political and social debates of the period. All documents are preceded by headnotes.
