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Edited by Alan Charles Kors

700 entries

Covering the “long” Enlightenment, from the rise of Descartes' disciples in 1670 to the restoration of the Bourbon monarchy in 1815, these 700 articles by leading scholars range from discussions of mercantilism and democracy to the battlefield to the dissemination of ideas in salons and coffeehouses. Breaking conventional geographical boundaries, coverage includes not only Western Europe but also North America, Brazil, and Iberian, Russian, Jewish, and Eastern European cultures.

Alan Charles Kors has been teaching European intellectual history since 1968 at the University of Pennsylvania, where he is Professor of History.

e-reference edition ISBN: 019518761X
Print edition ISBN: 0195104307
Print edition publication date: 2002
Publishing history: First published 2002
Copyright: © 2002, 2005 by Oxford University Press, Inc.

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