HIS109Y1 Lecture : The Early Enlightenment.pdf
Document Summary
Have to look the mind of the enlightenment. To get rid of the ancient regime, they needed an established constitutional model. Born a great aristocrat, and was an active political. He believed that the elite should be allowed to reduce the authority of the king. By using an outside perspective, he could use an outside look to talk about france. Was very straight forward about the problems that he say in france. He also wrote one of the most profound books of the century. Became monumental to the thinking of the enlightenment thinking. Montesquieu rejected divine right, and believed that the people were the ones who would choose their leader. The state was really complex, and could not be organized by the church. Constitution is both a cause and the effect that can change the nature of men and women living within that society. These constitutions will create laws that will govern society.
