The Age of Voltaire; the ninth volume of The Story of Civilization; is an in-depth examination of France and England in the first half of the eighteenth century. In this masterful work; listeners will encounter the English ideas that inspired the Enlightenment in France; the salons of Paris; where the wits and thinkers of all Europe gathered to exchange ideas; the philosophes-- intellectuals and artists who consulted with kings and queens; Voltaire himself; the incarnation of the Enlightenment; Mme. Pompadour; who seduced Louis XV and through him influenced French policy; the Augustan Age in English literature; and the growing parasitism of the aristocracy and rising power of the commercial class.
#865682 in Books D. C. Heath Publishing 1991-01-02Ingredients: Example IngredientsOriginal language:EnglishPDF # 1 .77 x 6.48 x 9.22l; 1.60 #File Name: 0669250007522 pages
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