Genealogy Projects tagged with aufklarung on the Geni Family Tree

The Age of Enlightenment 1600-1800

This Project covers the period of the 17th and 18th Centuries in which the emphasis was on the use of reason and the intellect to develop ideas in the cultural, scientific, political and other spheres rather than being based on the authorities of the churches and monarchies of Europe.The term "Enlightenment" emerged in English in the later part of the 19th century, with particular reference to ...