The European Enlightenment

The visitor to this site will find a wealth of links to topics pertaining to the Enlightenment, both individuals and ideas. There are links to leading people of the period: Rene Descartes, Blaise Pascal, the Philosophes, and Jean-Jacques Rousseau. There are also links to topics: Pre-Enlightenment Europe; The Case of England; Seventeenth Century Enlightenment Thought; The Scientific Revolution; The Eighteenth Century; Women: Communities, Economies, and Opportunities; Absolute Monarchy and Enlightened Absolutism; and the Industrial Revolution of the Eighteenth Century. There is also an Enlightenment Reader, a Glossary, a Gallery and links to other Internet resources.

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Richard Hooker

Art, Art History, Indexes and Resource Lists, Literature, Math, Political Science, Reference (General), Religion, Science (General), World History

English and Literature, Science and Math, Social Studies

11, 12, AP