THEME Intellectual Enlightenment
Issac Newton at Trinity College Cambridge
Isaac Newton and Christopher Wren intriguing connections and Trinity College Cambridge
Read MoreBurlington House London 4th home to Royal Society
Burlington House had been in the family of the influential scientist Robert Boyle and became subsequently the home of the Royal Society,
Read MoreCrane Court new home found for Royal Society by Sir Isaac Newton in 1710
Sir Isaac finds a new home for the Royal Society and Sir Christopher Wren does-up one of the rooms…
Read MoreNewton states laws of motion and gravity in Principia Mathematica 1686-1687
Newtorn’s major work impacts on thinking of the Enlightenment’s philosophers and social reform…the world is not the centre of the universe!
Read MoreJane Austen lived in Henrietta Street, just a mapped snippet 1813-1814
There is a blue plaque confirming the details on the fascia of the building, the address is 10 Henrietta Street Westminster, London WC2E 8, UK United Kingdom. Jane Austen lived here briefly between 1813-1814
Read MoreVoltaire Champions English Values in Philosophical letters 1734
Voltaire escapes to England and uses a discourse on English Society to attack the lack of religious tolerance in France, early in the period of enlightenment…
Read MoreVoltaire’s view of histography…Encylopedie
Voltaire on Histography, as leader of the enlightenment.
Read MoreLeaders of the Enlightenment, in a nutshell
Who were the central thinkers and leaders of the period of the enlightenment…who together changed the way we and our societies and families that made those societies thought and organised our world. There would be backward steps but the genie of enlightenment was out of the box…
Read MoreJohn Locke Philosopher defends the right of the people to overthrow any ruler..
John Locke, a philosopher with a long-term impact. What was the role of this often over-looked british philosopher ins establishing the principles for democracy in the period of Enlightenment.
Read MoreAct of Settlement 1700-1701
The Act of Settlement in 1701, enshrined the exclusion of Catholics from the line of succession in England. It ensured the continuation of the House of Hanover.
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