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  1. Enlightenment. The Enlightenment, also known as the Age of Reason, was a period from the late 17th century through the 18th century, in which scientific ideas flourished throughout Western Europe, England, and the colonies in America. Throughout the Enlightenment, writers created poetry, plays, satire, essays, and more.

  2. The Enlightenment is the name given to a period of discovery and learning that flourished among Europeans and Americans from about 1680–1820, changing the way they viewed the world. This was also a time when Britain became a global power and grew wealthy. A significant part of that wealth came from Britain's colonial empire and its active ...

  3. 26 de sept. de 2017 · Grote: What makes this question difficult to answer, I think, is that finding the main characteristics of the German Enlightenment is not simply a matter of observation. Rather, it requires that we presuppose a general definition, at least as a starting point for our investigations.

  4. The enlightenment, also known as the Age of Reason, was a philosophical movement that took place primarily in Europe and, later, in North America, during the late 17th and early 18th century. Its participants thought they were illuminating human intellect and culture after the "dark" Middle Ages. Characteristics of the Enlightenment include the ...

  5. The Enlightenment was an intellectual movement in the eighteenth century that emphasized reason and science. The British colonist Benjamin Franklin gained fame on both sides of the Atlantic as a printer, publisher, and scientist. He embodied Enlightenment ideals in the British Atlantic with his scientific experiments and philanthropic endeavors ...

  6. 1 'The Enlightenment'. What a change there was between 1785 and 1824! There has probably never been such an abrupt revolution in habits, ideas and beliefs in the two thousand years since we have known the history of the world. (Stendhal, Racine and Shakespeare, 1825; 1962 edn, p. 144) This course looks at a period of 50 years or so during which ...

  7. Main Characteristics. Classical music has a lighter, clearer texture than Baroque music and is less complex. As noted earlier, it is mainly homophonic—melody above chordal accompaniment (but counterpoint by no means is forgotten, especially later in the period).