Dark Brilliance : The Age Of Reason From Descartes To Peter The Great

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ISBN: 9781838958565

Author	Strathern, Paul
Pub Date	01/02/2024
Binding	Trade PB
Pages	400
Country	GBR
Dewey	909.6

Publisher: Atlantic Books

Quick overview Focusing on key characters from the seventeenth to the eighteenth centuries, including Caravaggio, Rembrandt, Newton, Descartes, Spinoza, Louis XIV and Charles I, Dark Brilliance is a fascinating and wide-ranging history that explores the human costs of imposing progress and modernity.

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Between the end of the Renaissance and the start of the Enlightenment, Europe lived through an era known as the Age of Reason. This was a period which saw advances in areas such as art, science, philosophy, political theory and economics. However, all this was achieved against a background of extreme turbulence in the form of internal conflicts and international wars.

While the 'land of liberty' was beginning to import slaves from Africa.

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