Dark brilliance : the Age of Reason : from Descartes to Peter the Great /

"During the 1600s--between the end of the Renaissance and the start of the Enlightenment--Europe lived through an era known as The Age of Reason. This was a revolutionary period that saw great advances in areas such as art, science, philosophy, political theory, and economics. However, all this...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Strathern, Paul, 1940- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Pegasus Books, 2025
Edition:	First Pegasus Books cloth edition.
Subjects:	Enlightenment. Europe > History > 1648-1789. Europe > Social conditions > 17th century. Europe > Social conditions > 18th century. Social conditions. Europe. Siècle des Lumières. Europe > Histoire > 1648-1789. Europe > Conditions sociales > 17e siècle. Europe > Conditions sociales > 18e siècle. Enlightenment (18th-century western movement) 1600-1799 History.

Table of Contents:

Reason and Rationale
Two Italian Artists
Spread of the Scientific Revolution
The English Civil War and Thomas Hobbes
The New World and the Golden Age of Spain
Two Transcendent Artists
The Money Men and the Markets
Two Artists of the Dutch Golden Age
The Sun King and Versailles
England Comes of Age
A Quiet City in South Holland
Exploration
A Courtly Interlude
Spinoza and Locke
The Survival and Spread of the Continent of Reason
New Realities
Logic Personified
On the Shoulders of Giants.