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History: The Enlightenment, 1750 – 1789

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Apologetics
Christian apologetic
Rationalism
ABC SPLASH : Timeline The Movement of Peoples
North America, Australia, Caribbean, Ireland, India 1750-1901
ABC TIMELINE : Enlightenment 1650-1789
France, Scotland, England, America

Resources

The Enlightenment
The Post-Reformation Digital Library (PRDL)
The Post-Reformation Digital Library (PRDL) is a select database of digital books relating to the development of theology and philosophy during the Reformation and Post-Reformation/Early Modern Era (late 15th-18th c.). Late medieval and patristic works printed and referenced in the early modern era are also included. The PRDL is a project of the Junius Institute for Digital Reformation Research.

The Enlightenment and Enlightened Despots (from Internet Modern History Sourcebook (Paul Halsall) at Fordham )

The Enlightenment : Modern thought begins with the scientific revolution inaugurated by Nicolaus Copernicus.

International World History Project

Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy ( Many of the people you might want to find out about can be searched in the alphabetic arrangement of this website.)

Internet Modern History Sourcebook: Enlightenment

Philosophy Pages - Western Philosophers

The Scientific Revolution (from Internet Modern History Sourcebook (Paul Halsall) at Fordham)

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy ( Many of the people you might want to find out about can be searched in the alphabetic arrangement of this website.)

The History Guide: The Enlightenment

The Enlightenment

Internet Modern History Sourcebook: The Enlightenment

Liberty, Equality, Fraternity

Salons
Salon, official exhibition of art sponsored by the French government. It originated in 1667 when Louis XIV sponsored an exhibit of the works of the members of the Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture, and the salon derives its name from the fact that the exhibition was hung in the Salon d’Apollon of the Louvre Palace in Paris
Remmelin’s Anatomical ‘Flap’ Book (1667)
Age of Discovery

SPCC WORLD BOOK _ Available through Student portal

Enlightenment. (2015). In World Book Discover. Retrieved from
http://www.worldbookonline.com/wbdiscover/article?id=ar833065&st=enlightenment

Creech, J. (2015). Enlightenment. In World Book Student. Retrieved from
http://www.worldbookonline.com/student/article?id=ar007150

Terrasse, J. (2015). Rousseau, Jean-Jacques. In World Book Student. Retrieved from
http://www.worldbookonline.com/student/article?id=ar477080

The Scientific Revolution (1550-1700)

For Teachers

The Ages of Exploration
The printable activities in this section were created as a resource of ideas. You are welcome to download and copy them. These activities are adaptable for fifth grade through high school students. HANDS ON ACTIVITIES
Galileo and the Inevitability of Ideas
Big Era Six: Closeup Unit 6.6.2 : Was the Enlightenment for Everyone?
This unit examines the effects of the Enlightenment and the tensions that emerged between a philosophical and ideological movement and the traditional system of power in Europe

Antoine Lavoisier

Other LIBGUIDES

History II - Scientific Revolution & Enlightenment
Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy

Scootle

Discovering democracy: parliament versus monarch

Catholic Enlightenment

New Advent : Berington, Joseph 1746-1827
One of the best known Catholic writers of his day, b. at Winsley, in Herefordshire, 16 January, 1743; d. at Buckland, 1 December, 1827.
New Advent : Charles Butler (1750-1832)
One of the most prominent figures among the English Catholics of his day, b. in London, 1750, d. 2 June, 1832.
Alexander Geddes (1737-1802)
ALEXANDER GEDDES (1737-1802), Scottish Roman Catholic theologian, was born in Rathven, Banffshire, on the 14th of September 1737.
George Hay (1729-1811)
Excerpts From THE SINCERE CHRISTIAN
GEORGE HAY (1729-1811), Scottish Roman Catholic divine,
Thomas Innes (1662-1744)
INNES, THOMAS, an historian and critical antiquary, known to the students of early Scottish history by the title of "Father Innes," was a priest of the Scottish college at Paris, during the earlier part of the 18th century.
Rev Dr John Lingard (5 February 1771 – 17 July 1851[1]) was an English historian, the author of The History of England, From the First Invasion by the Romans to the Accession of Henry VIII, an 8-volume work published in 1819.

Primary Source Authors

Catholic Enlightenment

Joseph Berington (1746-1827)

Charles Butler (1750-1832)

at HathiTrust

Alexander Geddes (1737-1802)

George Hay (1729-1811)

at Eighteenth Century Collections Online

Thomas Innes (1662-1744)

John Lingard (1729-1811)

All About the Enlightenment The Age of Reason

Scientific Revolution

Monarchs and Politicans

Armand-Jean du Plessis, cardinal et duc de Richelieu,

Catherine the Great

Charlotte Corday

Christina of Sweden

Elizabeth Petrovna (Empress of Russia)

Franklin, Benjamin

Frederick the Great

Frederick William I, King of Prussia (Europe, 1450 to 1789)

Ignacius Loyola (New Catholic Encyclopedia)

Jefferson, Thomas (American National Biography)

Josephine (Encyclopedia Britannica)

Louis XIV, King of France

Madame de Pompadour

Maria Theresa, Empress of Austria

Marie Antoinette

Maximilien Robespierre

Napoleon I ( Bonaparte)

Peter the Great

Stanislaw II Augustus Poniatowski

William III of England

Sources

The Burney Collection: 17th and 18th Century newspapers free online

Locke, Voltaire, Mill and Rousseau

John Locke
The English philosopher and political theorist John Locke (1632-1704) laid much of the groundwork for the Enlightenment and made central contributions to the development of liberalism
John Locke (b. 1632, d. 1704) was a British philosopher, Oxford academic and medical researcher.
Voltaire, pseudonym of François-Marie Arouet (born November 21, 1694, Paris, France—died May 30, 1778, Paris)
10 Things You Should Know About Voltaire
John Stuart Mill
Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712—1778)
John Stuart Mill (1806—1873)

Personalities

Mary Wollstonecraft

Mary Astell (E. of Brittanica)

Cesare Beccaria

Nicolaus Copernicus (E. of Brittianica)

Tycho Brahe (E. of Brittanica)

Johannes Kepler (E. of Brittanica)

Anton van Leeuwenhoek (E. of Brittanica)

Evangelista Torricelli (E. of Brittanica)

Gabriel Fahrenheit (E. of Brittanica)

Anders Celsius (E. of Brittanica)

Gabrielle-Émilie Le Tonnelier de Breteuil, marquise du Châtelet

Francis Bacon (E. of Brittanicsa)

Rene Descartes (E. of Brittanica)

Robert Boyle (E. of Brittanica)

Cesare Beccaria (E. of Brittanica)

Galen of Pergamum (E. of Brittanica)

Charles-Louis de Secondat Montesquieu

Baron de Montesquieu, Charles-Louis de Secondat

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

The Enlightenment

William Blackstone

American National Biography

Dictionary of National Biography

Biography In Context

Philosophy Pages : Western philosophers:

Anders Celsius

Bossuet, Jacques Bénigne (New Catholic Encyclopedia)

Quesnay, Francois

Maria Winckelmann Kirch

Christopher Columbus (Explorers & Discoverers of the World)

Prince Henry The Navigator

Gabrielle-Émilie Le Tonnelier de Breteuil du Châtelet

Anders Celsius
Prof. Robert A Hatch : Women of Learning
Science, Letters, The Arts 1 6 0 0 - 1 8 0 0

A Vindication of the Rights of Woman

Mary Wollstonecraft : A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
Published in 1792, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman was the first great feminist treatise. Wollstonecraft preached that intellect will always govern and sought “to persuade women to endeavour to acquire strength, both of mind and body, and to convince them that the soft phrases, susceptibility of heart, delicacy of sentiment, and refinement of taste, are almost synonymous with epithets of weakness.”

Book in Our LIbrary

Mary Wollstonecraft: a revolutionary life / TODD, Janet (2000)

Non Fiction Collection : NF 920 TOD

Hostesses

Geoffrin, Marie-Thérèse (Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World)

Madame Roland (Biography in Context)

Madame de Stael (Biography in Context)

Tencin, Claudine-Alexandrine Guérin de (Encyclopedia Britannica)

Lespinasse, Julie de (Encyclopedia Britannica)

Necker, Suzanne (Encyclopedia Britannica)

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