History of the Rise and Influence of the Spirit of Rationalism in Europe (Vol.1&2) (eBook)

William Edward Hartpole Lecky (Autor)

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2019 | 2. Auflage
575 Seiten
e-artnow (Verlag)
405-766415401-9 (EAN)

Infos

This study describes the period of great changes in European history - the decline in the belief of magic and miracles and emerging of the new way of thinking which has brought the rise of religious persecution, the gradual secularization of politics and the rise of toleration and rationalism.
Contents:
Rationalism in Europe
On the Declining Sense of the Miraculous
Magic and Witchcraft
On the Declining Sense of the Miraculous
The Miracles of the Church
Aesthetic, Scientific, and Moral Developments of Rationalism
On Persecution
The Antecedents of Persecution
The Secularisation of Politics
The Industrial History of Rationalism

Autor

William Edward Hartpole Lecky (1838-1903) was an Irish historian, essayist, and political theorist with Whig proclivities.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.7.2019
• Verlagsort: Prague
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Regional- / Landesgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
• Schlagworte: Aristotle • A Wrinkle in Time • Crusades • dark ages • enlightenment era • European rationalism • Gottfried Leibniz • historical influences • Immanuel Kant • Industrial Revolution impact • Intellectual development • Ken Follett • King Arthur • Magic and Miracles • Political persecution • Religious toleration • René Descartes • Secularization of Politics • Vikings • William Lecky Analysis