HIS244H1 Lecture 11: Lecture 11-Feb 14.docx
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The high enlightenment -the social progressive impulse and enlightened absolutism. D alembert- i can assure you that while writing this world i had posterity before my eyes at every line . They wanted to apply enlightenment upbringing to every topic-thus the encyclopaedia became central in this regard. The church did not agree with the content in the encyclopaedia, they found it saturated with. Enlightenment philosophy and they tried to interfere with the publishing did not succeed. Salon culture-women of the nobility would host gatherings at their homes. Julie de lespinasse-known as one of the best hostess s of salon culture. Salon culture-an area in which political, philosophy, religion could be discussed in a casual informal setting. Clergy felt threatened by the wide-spread of enlightenment ideas. This period outlined evidence of religious tolerance as was found in writings of this period.
