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Ch 17- An Age of Enlightenment Flashcards

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457411288MontesquieuFrench aristocrat whose work "The Spirit of the Laws" claimed that the key to good government was the separation of powers.0
457411289Denis DiderotPhilosophe whose great contribution to the Enlightenment was the twenty-eight-volume Encyclopedia.1
457411290EmileBook in which Jean-Jacques Rousseau explained his revolutionary theories on education.2
457411291Mary AstellEnglish writer who advocated better educational opportunities for women and equality of the sexes in marriage.3
457411292VierzehnheiligenSouthern German pilgrimage church of the "fourteen saints" which illustrates the ideals of the Rococo style in architecture.4
457411293Franz Joseph HaydnOne of the masters of "classical" music, he was a prolific composer of music both for the court and the public.5
457411294Henry FieldingA pioneer of the novel, he wrote about people without scruples who survived by their wits, including the character Tom Jones.6
457411295Cesare BeccariaItalian reformer who argued that punishment should be designed to deter crime, not just to punish criminals.7
457411296Toleration PatentAustrian Emperor Joseph II's decree of 1781 which granted religious toleration to minority faiths as well as to the majority Catholic population.8
457411297MethodismThe Anglican movement led by John Wesley which eventually separated from the Church of England to become a new denomination.9
457411298Jean CalasProtestant defended by Voltaire when falsely accused of murder10
457411299DeismBelief in God as Creator without reference to Christian dogma.11
457411300Emile (Who is emily?)Rousseau's imaginary student in his book on education.12
457411301Balthasar NeumannRococo architect who built the Würzburg Residenz13
457411302J. S. BachComposer of the Baroque St. Matthew's Passion14
457411303W. A. MozartProdigy who wrote The Marriage of Figaro15
457411304Tom JonesLeading character in Henry Fielding's novel16
457411305SpectatorEarly magazine published by Addison and Steele.17
457411306JesuitExpelled from France in 1764.18
457411307PietismForm of Protestant mysticism that emphasized good works.19
457411308Bernard de Fontenelle, the man who popularized the new scientific learning, was for fifty years secretary of the...Royal Academy of Science20
457411309The Enlightenment of the eighteenth century was characterized by the philosphes' ...Rejection of traditional Christian dogma21
457411310The French philosphes...Fashioned a grand, rational system of thought.22
457411311In his Spirit of the Laws, Montesquieu argued for...Balance between various branches of government.23
457411312The form of religion calledDeism was based on a...Newtonian view of the world as a machine created by God.24
457411313Voltaire was perhaps best known for his criticism of...Religious and social intolerance.25
457411314Diderot's opinions on sexuality included...The renunciation of chastity for the unmarried26
457411315Cesare Beccaria challegned contemporary thought and practices concerning the...Proper punishment of criminals.27
457411316Identify the correct relationship between the social scientist and his work...Francois Quesnay---tried to discover the natural economic laws that govern human society.28
457411317In his Social Contract, Rousseau expressed the belief that...A society achieves freedom by doing what is best for all.29
457411318The rule of the eighteenth century salon was that...Relations between men and women would be purely platonic.30
457411319Rococo architecture was...Best expressed in the buildings of Balthasar Neumann31
457411320European music of the eighteenth century was exemplified by the...Operas of Amadeus Mozart, who shifted the locus of music from Italy to Austria32
457411321The historical literature of the eighteeenth century...Paid careful attention to the economic and social causes of historical events.33
457411322During the eighteenth century the British were pioneers in...The novel as a vehicle for fiction.34
457411323Most eighteenth-century European educational institutions were...Elitist and geared to the needs of the upper class.35
457411324A noticeable trend in eighteenth-century medicine was the...Lessening of the older distinction between surgeon and physician.36
457411325Literacy rates in late eighteenth-century France were...Generally higher than in the century before.37
457411326Because of its growing influence, the Society of Jesus was in 1773...Dissolved by order of the pope.38
457411327Most eighteenth-century Christians believed that the solution to the "Jewish problem" was...Conversion to the Christian faith.39

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