2501732069 | dates | 1650-1800 | 0 | |
2501736561 | what is no longer seen as the perfect age? | ancients | 1 | |
2501740149 | what two things were believed to lead to a perfect society? | science and reason | 2 | |
2501741557 | Author of Candid | Voltaire | 3 | |
2501746568 | "If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him" | Voltaire | 4 | |
2501751515 | philosophic foundation of the age | rationalism | 5 | |
2501755517 | "The universe is ordered according to a logical plan" | Newton | 6 | |
2501757678 | "Man can improve his lot by replacing fate with reason" | Diderot | 7 | |
2501759722 | "God is a rational being therefore his universe must be rational" | Leibnitz | 8 | |
2501764999 | religious strife | protestant reformation, Spanish inquisition, 30 years war, Louis XIV revokes Edict of Nantes | 9 | |
2501770395 | at the throne of every European country | absolute monarch | 10 | |
2501772636 | religion of france | catholic | 11 | |
2501773285 | religion of austria | catholic | 12 | |
2501774340 | religion of england | protestant/catholic | 13 | |
2501774984 | religion of spain | catholic | 14 | |
2501774985 | religion of prussia | protestant | 15 | |
2501775833 | religion of russia | eastern orthodox | 16 | |
2501777393 | dynasty of france | bourbon | 17 | |
2501778390 | dynasty of austria | hapsburg | 18 | |
2501778392 | dynasty of england | stuart, hanover, tudor, orange | 19 | |
2501779665 | dynasty of spain | Hapsburg, bourbon | 20 | |
2501780527 | dynasty of prussia | Hohenzollern | 21 | |
2501781801 | dynasty of russia | romanov | 22 | |
2501786246 | notable rulers of france | Louis XIV, Louis XV, Louis XVI | 23 | |
2501788037 | notable rulers of austria | maria Theresa, joseph II | 24 | |
2501788980 | notable rulers of england | James I, James II, Charles I, Charles II, William and Mary of Orange, George I, George II, George III, Victoria | 25 | |
2501792102 | notable rulers of spain | Phillip II | 26 | |
2501793768 | notable rulers of prussia | Frederick and Wilhelm | 27 | |
2501794593 | notable rulers of russia | Catherine the great, peter the great, Elizabeth I | 28 | |
2501801130 | economic class with no representation | middle class | 29 | |
2501803299 | results of political turmoil | American Revolution, French revolution, beheading of Charles I | 30 | |
2501807392 | Paradise Lost | John Milton | 31 | |
2501808279 | democratic commonwealth | john Milton's political system of great britain | 32 | |
2501846701 | men have certain natural rights | john locke | 33 | |
2501849001 | republic is the best form of government | de Montesquieu | 34 | |
2501851801 | man is naturally good, he is corrupted by environment ad government | Rousseau | 35 | |
2501854429 | reason and tolerance in all things but not to the lower classes | Voltaire | 36 | |
2501858010 | mathematicians | Isaac newton, Leibnitz, Rene Descartes | 37 | |
2501861674 | physics | Isaac newton, kepler | 38 | |
2501866963 | The Mathematical Principals of Natural Philosophy | Isaac newton | 39 | |
2501866964 | chemistry | Lavoisier, boyle, Benjamin franklin | 40 | |
2501867860 | biology | Linnaeus | 41 | |
2501868654 | Classification of Plants | linnaeus | 42 | |
2501868655 | medicine | harvey, rush, Sydenham | 43 | |
2501870620 | Circulation | harvey | 44 | |
2501871306 | economics | john locke, Thomas hobbes, adam smith | 45 | |
2501872262 | Wealth of Nations | adam smith | 46 | |
2501872263 | art | rembrant | 47 | |
2501873341 | music | Beethoven, mozart | 48 | |
2501874101 | architecture | sir Christopher wren, blaise pascal | 49 | |
2501878530 | what is deism | belief that a mechanical universe was set in motion by a rational deity who left it to run according to mathematical laws | 50 | |
2501883194 | age of intelligence | aristocratic taste, manners, and wealth | 51 | |
2501886562 | playwright who mocked bourgeoisie | Moliere | 52 | |
2501887360 | baroque | the aesthetic point of view | 53 | |
2501889348 | French baroque architecture | palace of versailles | 54 | |
2501890388 | Austrian baroque architecture | schanbrunn palace | 55 | |
2501892140 | Prussian baroque architecture | sanssouci | 56 | |
2501892689 | English baroque architecture | Blenheim palace | 57 | |
2501893387 | baroque musicians | bach, Mozart, vivald, handel, hayden | 58 | |
2501894950 | baroque furniture makers | Chippendale, Sheraton, hepplewipe | 59 | |
2501896766 | satire authors | de la fontane, moliere, Voltaire, john swift | 60 | |
2501898754 | drama writers | racine, cornielle, moliere, Congreve, sheridan | 61 | |
2501900051 | Phaedra | Racine | 62 | |
2501901012 | Clarissa | Samuel richardson | 63 | |
2501902455 | Tom Jones | henry fielding | 64 | |
2501904535 | other important authors in age of reason | vongoethe, faust, defoe, cruso, alexander pope | 65 |
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