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[https://www.albert.io/blog/ap-world-history-crash-course-enlightenment/ by The Albert Team 1/3/22 ALBERT]
[https://www.albert.io/blog/ap-world-history-crash-course-enlightenment/ by The Albert Team 1/3/22 ALBERT]
  In the late 1500’s, a revolution began. This period of great change is known as the “Scientific Revolution.” For centuries, mankind had been progressing, but very slowly – especially in the area of science. Medicine was primitive, people’s idea of the universe was very limited and restricted by religious belief, man’s idea of how nature functioned was limited by superstition and fear, and human beings did not even have a basic understanding of how and what they breathed, how they saw or heard, or what ideas or tools were necessary to figure these puzzles out.
  In the late 1500’s, a revolution began. This period of great change is known as the “Scientific Revolution.” For centuries, mankind had been progressing, but very slowly – especially in the area of science. Medicine was primitive, people’s idea of the universe was very limited and restricted by religious belief, man’s idea of how nature functioned was limited by superstition and fear, and human beings did not even have a basic understanding of how and what they breathed, how they saw or heard, or what ideas or tools were necessary to figure these puzzles out.
=====The Enlightenment=====
[https://alphahistory.com/frenchrevolution/enlightenment/ by alpha history]
Both the French Revolution and the American Revolution before it were inspired by ideas from the Enlightenment. The Enlightenment, or Age of Enlightenment, was an intellectual movement that began in Western Europe in the mid-1600s and continued until the late 18th century. It created an environment where traditional structures, ideas and practices were questioned and challenged.
=====The Enlightenment: History of an Idea - Updated Edition Hardcover =====
[https://www.amazon.com/Enlightenment-History-Idea-Updated/dp/0691161453 by Vincenzo Ferrone  6/4/15 amazon]
In this concise and powerful book, one of the world's leading historians of the Enlightenment provides a bracing and clarifying new interpretation of this watershed period. Arguing that philosophical and historical interpretations of the era have long been hopelessly confused, Vincenzo Ferrone makes the case that it is only by separating these views and taking an approach grounded in social and cultural history that we can begin to grasp what the Enlightenment was―and why it is still relevant today.
=====What Was ‘The Enlightenment’?=====
[https://www.historyhit.com/what-was-the-enlightenment/ by Luke Tomes 14/1/21 HISTORYHIT]
In simple terms, the Enlightenment was a period in history, occuring roughly between the late-16th and 18th century, that completely transformed western culture. People began to reconsider and question the long-established monarchies, religious institutions, social systems and hierachies that had dictated their way of life for so long.
=====Enlightenment Ideas=====
[https://www.studentsofhistory.com/enlightenment-ideas by STUDENTS of HISTORY]
The Enlightenment Era lasted from 1685-1815. During this time, people began to think about governments differently than before. Enlightenment thinkers began to apply reason to the human and natural worlds. Many believed that humans had rights and freedoms that came to them naturally. Many great Enlightenment thinkers came out of this period who greatly influenced the governments of Europe and the Americas.
=====What was Enlightenment? Explaining the Age of Reason=====
[https://www.britannica.com/video/What-was-Enlightenment/-338895 by Britannica]
The Enlightenment was an intellectual movement in Europe during the 17th and 18th centuries that celebrated reason and knowledge. It marked a progression in what humans believed about themselves and the universe. Enlightenment thinkers and philosophers shared exciting ideas across subjects like art, culture, politics, religion, and science. This new exploration of knowledge felt like freedom, and that marked the era with a sense of optimism and happiness. It wasn’t the first time more rational ideas had made their way to the public. In the late Middle Ages renewed interest in Greek philosophers like Aristotle encouraged scholars to reason their way to truth.
=====The Enlightenment=====
[https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-enlightenment-9780198916284?cc=ke&lang=en& by J. C. D. Clark OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS]
Offers an alternative to conventional but inconsistent interpretations of the Enlightenment
=====What caused the Enlightenment?=====
[https://www.reddit.com/r/history/comments/9cihvt/what_caused_the_enlightenment/ by reddit]
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=====AP World History: Modern Unit 5 Review=====
[https://fiveable.me/ap-world/unit-5/enlightenment/study-guide/baHBawqOSScLKnFlhLX2 by Fiveable Content Team  fiveable]
The Enlightenment was a cultural and intellectual movement in the 17th and 18th centuries that emphasized reason, individual liberty, and empirical evidence. This era challenged traditional sources of authority—such as monarchy and religion—and reshaped how people understood politics, society, and human rights. As Enlightenment ideas spread across the Atlantic, they laid the ideological foundation for political revolutions, reform movements, and growing demands for liberty and equality.
=====The Enlightenment | Causes & Impact=====
[https://study.com/academy/lesson/the-roots-of-the-enlightenment.html by study.com]
Learn about the Enlightenment era. Identify the Enlightenment definition, why the period was revolutionary, and the dates and causes of the Enlightenment era. Updated: 11/21/2023
=====American Enlightenment=====
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Enlightenment by WIKIPEDIA]
The American Enlightenment was a period of intellectual and philosophical fervor in the thirteen American colonies in the 18th to 19th century, which led to the American Revolution and the creation of the United States. The American Enlightenment was influenced by the 17th- and 18th-century Age of Enlightenment in Europe and distinctive American philosophy. According to James MacGregor Burns, the spirit of the American Enlightenment was to give Enlightenment ideals a practical, useful form in the life of the nation and its people.
=====The Enlightenment=====
[https://courses.lumenlearning.com/suny-hccc-worldhistory2/chapter/the-enlightenment/ by The Enlightenment]
The Enlightenment, a philosophical movement that dominated in Europe during the 18th century, was centered around the idea that reason is the primary source of authority and legitimacy, and advocated such ideals as liberty, progress, tolerance, fraternity, constitutional government, and separation of church and state.
=====The Enlightenment Timeline=====
[https://www.britannica.com/summary/The-Enlightenment-Timeline by The Editors of Encyclopedia Britannica]
Galileo’s Sidereus Nuncius (The Sidereal Messenger) is published. In the book Galileo describes his discoveries of four moons revolving around the planet Jupiter. These discoveries support the Copernican heliocentric theory, which proposed that Earth and the other planets revolve around the Sun. (For centuries astronomy had been based on Ptolemy’s theory that Earth was the center of the universe and motionless.) The book is one of the scientific texts considered foundational to the Enlightenment.
=====Age of Enlightenment – Facts=====
[https://byjus.com/free-ias-prep/age-of-enlightenment-1632-1792/]
The Age of Enlightenment was influenced by the growth in scientific knowledge that began in the mid-17th century. People looked for reasons why things happened the way they did. Modern chemistry and biology grew out of this questioning and the existing knowledge about astronomy and physics was greatly improved.
=====3 Enlightenment, science and empiricism=====
[https://www.open.edu/openlearn/history-the-arts/history-art/the-enlightenment/content-section-3 by The Open University]
The Enlightenment's dedication to reason and knowledge did not come out of the blue. After all, scholars had for centuries been adding to humanity's stock of knowledge. The new emphasis, however, was on empirical knowledge: that is, knowledge or opinion grounded in experience. This experience might include scientific experiments or firsthand observation or experience of people, behaviour, politics, society or anything else touching the natural and the human. For any proposition to be accepted as true, it must be verifiable, capable of practical demonstration.
=====The Enlightenment (1650-1800)=====
[https://www.sparknotes.com/history/the-enlightenment/ by sparknotes]
The Enlightenment (1650-1800) is guide Number 7 of the 16 SparkNotes guides for studying European History. It describes the late 17th century and 18th century flourishing of new ideas and fresh thinking throughout Europe spurred by philosophers including John Locke, René Descartes, and Immanuel Kant and given voice in the works of Voltaire, Mozart, Goethe, and other creative geniuses. This study guide is preceded by our guide for The Scientific Revolution (1550-1700) and followed by our The French Revolution (1789–1799) guide.
=====Europe Since 1600: A Concise History=====
[https://colorado.pressbooks.pub/europesince1600concise/chapter/chapter-5-the-enlightenment/ by PRESSBOOKS]
In 1784, a Prussian philosopher named Immanuel Kant published a short essay entitled What is Enlightenment? He was responding to nearly a century of philosophical, scientific, and technical advances in Central and Western Europe that, he felt, had culminated in his own lifetime in a more enlightened and just age. According to Kant, Enlightenment was all about the courage to think for one’s self, to question the accepted notions of any field of human knowledge rather than relying on a belief imposed by an outside authority.
=====The Enlightenment: History of an Idea - Updated Edition=====
[https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt1287kqj by Vincenzo Ferrone THE ENLIGHTMENT]
Paraphrasing the great Karl Marx in the Manifesto of the Communist Party, one might say that a specter is haunting Europe: it is the specter of the Enlightenment. It looks sad and emaciated, and, though laden with honors, bears the scars of many a lost battle. However, it is undaunted and has not lost its satirical grin. In fact it has donned new clothes and continues to haunt the dreams of those who believe that the enigma of life is all encompassed within the design of a shadowy and mysterious god, rather than in the dramatic recognition of the human...
=====A beginner's guide to the Age of Enlightenment=====
[https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/renaissance-reformation/rococo-neoclassicism/rococo/a/a-beginners-guide-to-the-age-of-enlightenment by Dr. Steven Zucker and Dr. Beth Harris Khan Academy]
In A Philosopher Giving a Lecture at the Orrery by Joseph Wright of Derby we see an orrery— a mechanical model of the solar system. In the center is a gas light which represents the sun (though the child who stands in the foreground with his back to us block this from our view); the arcs represent the orbits of the planets. Wright concentrates on the faces of the figures to create a compelling narrative.
=====The Enlightenment | Summary, Themes & Causes=====
[https://study.com/academy/lesson/major-themes-of-the-enlightenment-reason-individualism-skepticism.html by study.com]
Review a summary of the Enlightenment to learn when it was and the main ideas of the Enlightenment. Explore Enlightenment views, concepts, and important individuals. Updated: 11/21/2023
=====Introduction to Enlightenment=====
[https://habib.camden.rutgers.edu/introductions/enlightenment/ by M.A. Rafey Habib RUTGERS]
The Enlightenment was a broad intellectual tendency, spanning philosophy, literature, language, art, religion and political theory, which lasted from around 1680 until the end of the eighteenth century. Conventionally, the Enlightenment has been called the “age of reason,” though this designation is now regarded as somewhat reductive since it fails to comprehend the various intellectual trends of the period.
=====What was the Enlightenment?— An Introduction to 'Dare To Know'=====
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1dVBU3S9Oo by Harvard Art Museums YouTube]
“Dare to Know: Prints and Drawings in the Age of Enlightenment,” is a special exhibition which looks at 150 works on paper from the 18th century that were a site for experimentation and a place to dream a new way of life and a new reality. The exhibition asks new and sometimes uncomfortable questions of the so-called age of reason, inviting visitors to embrace the Enlightenment’s same spirit of inquiry—to investigate, to persuade, and to imagine. Exhibition is on view at the Harvard Art Museums through January 15, 2023. #DareToKnow
=====A Beginner's Guide to the Enlightenment=====
[https://www.thoughtco.com/a-beginners-guide-to-the-enlightenment-1221925 by Robert Wilde 27/1/18 ThoughtCo.]
The Enlightenment has been defined in many different ways, but at its broadest was a philosophical, intellectual and cultural movement of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. It stressed reason, logic, criticism, and freedom of thought over dogma, blind faith, and superstition. Logic wasn’t a new invention, having been used by the ancient Greeks, but it was now included in a worldview which argued that empirical observation and the examination of human life could reveal the truth behind human society and self, as well as the universe.
=====The Enlightenment=====
[https://historyguild.org/the-enlightenment/?srsltid=AfmBOorOFdV-Z5ovF020xkQFGhJuim9eRK-Mel26HjIDef9USHUhg4Ee by History Guild]
The Enlightenment was a philosophical movement that dominated in Europe during the 18th century. It was centered around the idea that reason is the primary source of authority and legitimacy, and it advocated such ideals as liberty, progress, tolerance, fraternity, constitutional government, and separation of church and state. However, historians of race, gender, and class note that Enlightenment ideals were not originally envisioned as universal in today’s sense of the word.
=====THE AGE OF ENLIGHTENMENT=====
[https://k12database.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/31/2014/03/EnlightenmentPPT.pdf by Enlightenment]
In the seventeenth century, the Scientific Revolution had provided a new model
for solving problems through rational thought and experimentation (secular),
rather than on the authority of religion (theological.)
=====The American Enlightenment: Intellectual History to 1787=====
[https://www.gilderlehrman.org/masters-degree-american-history/courses/american-enlightenment-intellectual-history-1787 by The Enlightenment]
The Enlightenment is often associated with Europe, but in this course, we will explore how the specific conditions of eighteenth-century North America—slavery, the presence of large numbers of Indigenous peoples, a colonial political context, and even local animals, rocks, and plants—also shaped the major questions and conversations of the time. We will examine how Enlightenment ideas directly influenced the American Revolution’s commitment to liberty, natural rights, separation of powers, and the pursuit of happiness—and how those ideas crept into almost every other area of American life as well.
=====The Enlightenment: AP® European History Crash Course=====
[https://www.albert.io/blog/the-enlightenment-ap-european-history-crash-course/ by The Albert Team 1/3/22 ALBERT]
The Enlightenment, otherwise known as the Age of Enlightenment or the Age of Reason, took place from the 1650s through the 1780s. The Age of Enlightenment is characterized by social, economic, and political advancement of thought through reason, science, and an increase in literate skill.
=====Living the Enlightenment=====
[https://assets.press.princeton.edu/chapters/i10451.pdf by The Enlightenment]
Paraphrasing the great Karl Marx in the Manifesto of the Communist Party,
one might say that a specter is haunting Europe: it is the specter of the Enlightenment. It looks sad and emaciated, and, though laden with honors, bears the
scars of many a lost battle. However, it is undaunted and has not lost its satirical
grin.
=====Enlightenment and the American Revolution=====
[https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/abs/cambridge-history-of-the-age-of-atlantic-revolutions/enlightenment-and-the-american-revolution/2AC61696FC382E722B55674AC367ED27 by Cambridge University Press 20/10/23]
The transatlantic intellectual movement today called “the Enlightenment” took particular forms in British North America during the American Revolution. This essay explores four interlocking Enlightenment concepts as used by eighteenth-century Americans to describe their political revolt against British monarchical rule: nature, progress, reason, and revolution. Americans appealed to nature to delegitimize claims to authority that rested on history, custom, divine access, and lineage.
=====Enlightenment and Revolution=====
[https://hwpi.harvard.edu/files/pluralism/files/enlightenment_and_revolution_0.pdf by The Pluralism Project]
The Enlightenment was a 17th and 18th century international movement in ideas and sensibilities,
emphasizing the exercise of critical reason as opposed to religious dogmatism or unthinking faith. It
developed along with the rise of scientific thinking independent of religious thought and stressed the
importance of nature and the natural order as a source of knowledge. In reaction to the religious wars of
Europe, Enlightenment thinkers defended religious tolerance and religious freedom. Their emphasis on
intellectual freedom and human rights led to a conflict between the advocates of these new ideas and the
political and religious establishments in Europe, most dramatically in France.
=====7 The Enlightenment and nature=====
[https://www.open.edu/openlearn/history-the-arts/history-art/the-enlightenment/content-section-7 by The Open University]
The sublime was potentially subversive of the Enlightenment mindset, which focused mainly on the power of human intelligence to grasp and explain the natural world, and indeed to discover natural causes of phenomena previously considered supernatural. There were, for example, frequent attempts to demystify the ‘miracles’ narrated in the Bible, since the violation of the laws of nature which a miracle implied was a physical impossibility and a contradiction in terms.
=====What Was the Enlightenment?=====
[https://www.livescience.com/55327-the-enlightenment.html by Owen Jarus  12/9/19 LIVESCIENCE]
While the Enlightenment of the late 17th and 18th centuries was a time when science blossomed and revolutions in the United States and France occurred, it was also a time when millions of people were enslaved and transported from Africa to the Western Hemisphere.
=====Enlightenment Ideas Lead to Revolutions=====
[https://www.studentsofhistory.com/enlightenment-ideas-lead-to-revolutions by Students of History]
The Enlightenment era ushered in a series of sweeping changes in both Europe and the English Colonies in America. Both the American and French Revolutions were greatly influenced by ideas that came from the Enlightenment period.
=====The Enlightenment and the Age of Revolution=====
[https://www.thenational.academy/teachers/programmes/history-secondary-ks3/units/the-enlightenment-what-was-the-enlightenment/lessons/the-enlightenment-and-the-age-of-revolution?sid-c0988c=QVJTcX_Y5V&sm=0&src=4 by Oak National Academy]
The Enlightenment was a series of ideas that criticised absolutist governments.
The Enlightenment inspired groups of people to challenge their governments.
=====The Enlightenment=====
[https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-enlightenment/id1537788786?i=1000532100229 by Podcasts]
Once there was darkness and then there was light. What was the Enlightenment and why did it matter? Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook explore the Enlightenment and its path towards reason, science, revolution and the guillotine.
=====Enlightenment philosophers: Locke, Voltaire, Montesquieu, Rousseau=====
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3d609dAxMg by Prezi YouTube]
Learn about the key beliefs of four Age of Enlightenment philosophers: John Locke, Voltaire, Jean-Jacques Montesquieu, and Rousseau. The Age of Enlightenment was a period in European history where science and philosophical thought were at the forefront, instead of religion and tradition. People were asking scientific questions and questioning why their government worked the way it did. They were guided by logic and wanted to explore more possibilities and improve the way things were. These four Enlightenment philosophers were some of the leaders in thinking back then.
=====HISTORIOGRAPHY AND ENLIGHTENMENT: A VIEW OF THEIR HISTORY=====
[https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/modern-intellectual-history/article/abs/historiography-and-enlightenment-a-view-of-their-history/A35491A94A7C20D15A49293BE0BE9BAA by Cambridge University 1/4/08 CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY]
This essay is written on the following premises and argues for them. “Enlightenment” is a word or signifier, and not a single or unifiable phenomenon which it consistently signifies. There is no single or unifiable phenomenon describable as “the Enlightenment,” but it is the definite article rather than the noun which is to be avoided. In studying the intellectual history of the late seventeenth century and the eighteenth, we encounter a variety of statements made, and assumptions proposed, to which the term “Enlightenment” may usefully be applied, but the meanings of the term shift as we apply it.
=====The Enlightenment and Its Impact=====
[https://brainly.com/topic/history/the-enlightenment-and-its-impact by BRAINLY]
The Enlightenment refers to a period in European history spanning the late 17th and 18th centuries. It was characterized by a drastic shift in thinking, advocated by philosophers, scientists, and writers who sought to challenge traditional authority and promote reason, science, and individualism.
=====History Today=====
[https://www.historytoday.com/period/enlightenment by Enlightenment]
On 9 October 1676 Antonie van Leeuwenhoek – the ‘Father of Microbiology’ – presented his findings to the Royal Society.
=====Age of Enlightenment: The Age of Reason Explained=====
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Ef0erm_KQI by Captivating History YouTube]
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=====Music of the Enlightenment=====
[https://www.edinburghmusicreview.com/reviews/492eekjkkxvidntcwl9tcreud4o1um by Dalkeith Palace 10/4/25 Edinburgh Music Review]
Dalkeith Palace and Dalkeith Country Park are only a few miles out of Edinburgh. They are little known either in Edinburgh or indeed the rest of Scotland, yet they are both magic places to visit. Dalkeith Palace and the castle that predated it in the 17th century have a very important place in Scottish history and most important figures in the history of Scotland has stayed here, including Mary Queen of Scots, Bonnie Prince Charlie, Queen Victoria and others.
=====Movements Throughout History - Enlightenment=====
[https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/movements-throughout-history-enlightenment.html by World Atlas]
The Age of Enlightenment, also known as the Age of Reason, was a movement in the 18th century that was based on knowledge and philosophy. Enlightenment included ideas that centered on reason as the main source of legitimacy and authority, and advocated for ideals such as liberty, tolerance, separation of church and state, constitutional governance, and fraternity.
=====18th Century Online Encyclopedia=====
[https://enlightenment-revolution.org/ by Enlightenment and Revolution]
The 18th Century Online Encyclopedia provides free entries on notable men and women who contributed to the Enlightenment and the American or French revolutions. It is an ongoing project which includes information on philosophers, politicians, artists, theologians, writers and statesmen. It contains noteworthy people from Eastern and Western Europe and North America. Every entry has been written by university professors who are expert in their respective fields. This encyclopedia is designed to be a tool for students, scholars, and interested members of the public alike.
=====Gary Kates, "The Books that Made the European Enlightenment: A History in 12 Case Studies" (Bloom...=====
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EImr7714cDg by New Books Network Book of the Day YouTube]
In The Books that Made the European Enlightenment: A History in 12 Case Studies (https://bookshop.org/a/12343/97813502...)  (‎Bloomsbury Academic, 2022), Gary Kates looks at the multifaceted significance of bestsellers from the time. Kates explores a crucial innovation of the age: the rise of the 'erudite blockbuster', which for the first time in European history, helped to popularize political theory among a significant portion of the society.
=====The End of Enlightenment=====
[https://www.intellectualhistory.net/end-of-enlightenment by Institute of Intellectual History]
The Enlightenment is popularly seen as the Age of Reason, a key moment in human history when ideals such as freedom, progress, natural rights and constitutional government prevailed. In this radical re-evaluation, historian Richard Whatmore shows why, for many at its centre, the Enlightenment was a profound failure.
=====ENLIGHTENMENT, PHILOSOPHY OF=====
[https://www.encyclopedia.com/religion/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/enlightenment-philosophy by Encyclopidia.com]
The enlightenment is a name popularly used to describe the extraordinary scientific, philosophical, religious, and political developments of 18th-century Europe. Like all historical periods, the Enlightenment had no abrupt beginning or end, and the determination of its temporal limits is considerably arbitrary.
=====The Enlightenment=====
[https://bigsiteofhistory.com/the-enlightenment/ by The Enlightenment]
It was the Age of Enlightenment, when it was widely assumed that human reason could cure past ills and help achieve utopian government, perpetual peace, and a perfect society. Reason would enable humanity to discover the natural laws regulating existence and thereby assure progress.
=====12 Key Enlightenment Philosophers=====
[https://www.worldhistory.org/collection/214/12-key-enlightenment-philosophers/ by Mark Cartwright 4/3/24 WORLD HISTORY ENCYCLOPEDIA]
All of the above (and others besides) made vital contributions to the Enlightenment of the 17th and 18th centuries, a time when intellectuals were trying to answer such key questions as what is happiness, what is the best political system, and how can we build a fairer world inhabited by educated, reasoned, and tolerant citizens?
=====The Enlightenment=====
[https://en.citizendium.org/wiki/The_Enlightenment]
The Enlightenment was an late 17th- and 18th-century movement in Western thought, encompassing several artistic, intellectual, philosophic, and social changes developed around new theories of rational thought, scientific method, and empirical knowledge. The term is often used synonymously with the Age of Reason.
=====Episode 2509: David A. Bell on "The Enlightenment"=====
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Daw6ec_YaE0 by Keen On YouTube]
So what, exactly, was “The Enlightenment”? According to the Princeton historian David A. Bell (https://www.davidavrombell.com/) , it was an intellectual movement roughly spanning the early 18th century through to the French Revolution. In his Spring 2025 Liberties Quarterly piece
=====THE ENLIGHTENMENT=====
[https://www.encyclopedia.com/international/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/enlightenment by  The Enlightenment]
To refer to The Enlightenment, complained the eminent historian of the eighteenth century, J. G. A. Pocock, was to presume inaccurately that one could refer to "a single unitary process, displaying a uniform set of characteristics.
=====Age of Enlightenment=====
[https://www.theopedia.com/age-of-enlightenment by Theopedia]
The Enlightenment generally refers to the 18th century intellectual and philosophical developments in Europe. This movement advocated rationality as the sole criteria for establishing an authoritative system of ethics, aesthetics, and knowledge.
=====The Rights of History: Enlightenment and Human Rights=====
[https://www.jstor.org/stable/44488974 by Vincenzo Ferrone JSTOR]
Lately, the study of human rights has become a dangerous ground for historians—above all in Europe. In his celebrated Le Sottisier, Gustave Flaubert ironically defined history as a dangerous knowledge for teachers and students; yet, he was not fully aware in his time of all the rivalries and pretentions that scholars from other fields—like anthropology, law, sociology, political theory—would raise. In fact, those scholars seem to be frightened when seeing the ranks of the historians approaching a field they consider their own property. This is certainly the case of human rights.
=====Enlightenment=====
[https://en.namu.wiki/w/%EA%B3%84%EB%AA%BD%EC%A3%BC%EC%9D%98 by Enlightenment]
It appeared in Europe in the 17th century and spread in the 18th century, and developed into a movement of the times in which numerous scholars participated, including Isaac Newton , Baruch Spinoza , John Locke , David Hume , Edward Gibbon , Voltaire , Jean-Jacques Rousseau , Denis Diderot , and Immanuel Kant .
=====enlightenment=====
[https://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/enlightenment by enlightenment]
In some Western European countries, such as England, where the Enlightenment began in the 17th century, and in others, where it spread in the 18th century, the movement was so broad and influential that even its contemporaries believed that the “dark ages” had given way to an age of Enlightenment (in French, siècles des lumières, in German, Zeit der Aufklärung). The term “Enlightenment,” which is encountered in the writings of Voltaire and J. G. von Herder, was definitively established after the publication of Kant’s article “What Is the Enlightenment?” in 1784.
=====The Christian Nationalist Rewriting American History=====
[https://arcmag.org/the-christian-nationalist-rewriting-american-history/ by John Fea 6/10/25 ARC]
Idaho pastor Douglas Wilson is having a moment. The 72-year-old Christian nationalist was recently the subject of a CNN story. He just planted a church in Washington, D.C. The secretary of defense, Pete Hegseth, is a disciple. In the age of Trump, Christian nationalists like Wilson, who once presided over a fringe wing of American evangelicalism, are becoming mainstream.
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