Long recognized as more than the writings of a dozen or so philosophes, the Enlightenment created a new secular culture populated by the literate and the affluent. Enamoured of British institutions, Continental Europeans turned to the imported masonic lodges and found in them a new forum that was constitutionally constructed and logically egalitarian. Originating in the Middle Ages, when stone-masons joined together to preserve their professional secrets and to protect their wages, the English and Scottish lodges had by the eighteenth century discarded their guild origins and become...
Long recognized as more than the writings of a dozen or so philosophes, the Enlightenment created a new secular culture populated by the lite...
A collection of essays by leading historians of early modern Europe and the U.S., this books explores how merchants, entrepreneurs, and other early modern capitalists viewed themselves.
A collection of essays by leading historians of early modern Europe and the U.S., this books explores how merchants, entrepreneurs, and other early mo...
This title considers the history of the first comparative religion book that made way for religious tolerance. It explores Bernard Picart and Jean Frederic Bernard's 'The Religious Ceremonies and Customs of all the Peoples of the World'.
This title considers the history of the first comparative religion book that made way for religious tolerance. It explores Bernard Picart and Jean Fre...
