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Age of Enlightenment

The Age of Enlightenment, also known as the Age of Reason or simply the Enlightenment, was a period of intellectual and cultural flourishing in Europe and Western civilization, emerging in the late 17th century in Western Europe. It reached its peak in the 18th century as its ideas spread more widely across Europe and into the European colonies in the Ame…

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Early modern Europe
Key events
American Revolution (1765–1783) · French Revolution (1789–1799)
Leaders
Jean-Jacques Rousseau · Voltaire · Immanuel Kant · Johann Wolfgang von Goethe · David Hume
Monarchs
Louis XIV · Louis XV · Louis XVI · Charles III · Frederick the Great

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Age of Enlightenment

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related to External links · 15
Age of Enlightenment → Age, Art, Edward, Enlightenment, Enlightenment Era, Indiana Philosophy Ontology ProjectCollection, ISSN, Michigan Museum, OCLC, Philosophy, PhilPapersAge, Stanford Encyclopedia, University, Wayback Machine, Zalta
Monarchs · 9
Age of Enlightenment → Catherine the Great, Charles III, Frederick the Great, George III, Joseph II, Louis XIV, Louis XV, Louis XVI, Stanislaus II
Leaders · 8
Age of Enlightenment → Adam Smith, Benjamin Franklin, David Hume, Immanuel Kant, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Roger Williams, Voltaire
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Age of Enlightenment → American Revolution (1765–1783), French Revolution (1789–1799)
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Age of Enlightenment → Early modern Europe

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enlightenment century french scientific ideas political public natural also social revolution many religious society france 18th intellectual became new philosophy

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Age of EnlightenmentLeadersVoltaire1.00infobox
Age of EnlightenmentLeadersImmanuel Kant1.00infobox
Age of EnlightenmentLeadersJohann Wolfgang von Goethe1.00infobox
Age of EnlightenmentLeadersDavid Hume1.00infobox
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Age of EnlightenmentLeadersBenjamin Franklin1.00infobox
Age of EnlightenmentLeadersRoger Williams1.00infobox
Age of EnlightenmentLocationEarly modern Europe1.00infobox
Age of EnlightenmentMonarchsLouis XIV1.00infobox
Age of EnlightenmentMonarchsLouis XV1.00infobox
Age of EnlightenmentMonarchsLouis XVI1.00infobox
Age of EnlightenmentMonarchsCharles III1.00infobox
Age of EnlightenmentMonarchsFrederick the Great1.00infobox
Age of EnlightenmentMonarchsCatherine the Great1.00infobox
Age of EnlightenmentMonarchsJoseph II1.00infobox
Age of EnlightenmentMonarchsGeorge III1.00infobox
Age of EnlightenmentMonarchsStanislaus II1.00infobox

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