Enlightenment and Reform in 18th-Century Europe Beales Derek
Enlightenment and Reform in 18th-Century Europe Beales Derek The 18th century was a unique period of global and fundamental change. In the field of ideas the Scientific Revolution was consolidated…
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Enlightenment and Reform in 18th-Century Europe Beales Derek
The 18th century was a unique period of global and fundamental change. In the field of ideas the Scientific Revolution was consolidated and followed by the Enlightenment. Britain conquered India and much of America, the American Revolution produced the USA, and Russia expanded vastly.
Few centuries have inspired such a galaxy of historians, and their groundbreaking work has been drawn upon by Derek Beales in his collection of articles and special lectures. Nationalism flourished, populations surged, and the Commercial and Industrial Revolutions with Western technology eclipsed the East. He covers the whole European kaleidoscope, but focuses especially on Joseph II and the Hapburg monarchy, asserting that Enlightened Despotism was the emodiment of the century's revolution in ideas, politics, government and administration.