Enlightenment
European philosophical movement of the late 17th and the 18th centuries. Based on science and reason, and stressing the rationality of humankind, it challenged religious, political and social... read more |
A.D. Harvey recalls the career of the Swedish king whose assassination inspired a famous opera. |
David Torrance examines a pioneering article, first published in History Today in 1990, which argued that the Scottish Enlightenment was not restricted to Edinburgh but was a genuinely national phenomenon. Published in History Today, Volume: 62 Issue: 1, 2012
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The Royal Society was founded in 1660 to promote scientific research. Through a process of trial and error, this completely new kind of institution slowly discovered how its ambitions might be achieved – often in ways unforeseen by its founders, writes Michael Hunter. |
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Simon Henderson places a key figure into the context of modern Russian history. |
A.D. Harvey recalls the career of the Swedish king whose assassination inspired a famous opera. Published in History Today, Volume: 53 Issue: 12
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Malcolm Crook takes a fresh look at the eighteenth-century alliance between philosophers and kings. Published in History Review, Issue: 26
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Charles C. Noel illustrates how the remodelling of the Spanish capital reflected the new philosophical and cultural concerns of her rulers in the 'Age of Reason'. Published in History Today, Volume: 45 Issue: 10
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Walter Makin gives two cheers for a sample of the popular Access to History series. |
Glasgow's role in the Enlightenment is often overshadowed by Edinburgh, but Roy Campbell shows that the impetus came from the West with the pioneering work done in the city from the early years of the eighteenth century. Published in History Today, Volume: 40 Issue: 5
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Joseph Wright of Derby and the exhibition at the Tate.
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Roy Porter on the European concept of Enlightenment.
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