Cambridge in the Age of the Enlightenment: Science, Religion and Politics from the Restoration to the French Revolution
John Gascoigne
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Paperback. This book traces the relationship between Anglicanism and science in late seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Cambridge. Num Pages: 372 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; HBJD1; HBLH; HRAB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 550.
This book attempts to defend the use of the term 'English Enlightenment' by using late seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Cambridge as an illustration of the widespread diffusion of some of the chief characteristics of the Enlightenment within the Church of England and the English 'Establishment' more generally. It also seeks to provide a social context for the dissemination of such ideas by indicating how the political and ecclesiastical consequences of such events as the Restoration, the Glorious Revolution and the French Revolution helped either to facilitate or to impede that linkage between Anglicanism and science which is sometimes referred to as ... Read more
This book attempts to defend the use of the term 'English Enlightenment' by using late seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Cambridge as an illustration of the widespread diffusion of some of the chief characteristics of the Enlightenment within the Church of England and the English 'Establishment' more generally. It also seeks to provide a social context for the dissemination of such ideas by indicating how the political and ecclesiastical consequences of such events as the Restoration, the Glorious Revolution and the French Revolution helped either to facilitate or to impede that linkage between Anglicanism and science which is sometimes referred to as ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
372
Condition
New
Number of Pages
372
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521524971
SKU
V9780521524971
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