Dark Brilliance – The Age of Reason from Descartes to Peter the Great

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ISBN: 9781838958565
Title: Dark Brilliance – The Age of Reason from Descartes to Peter the Great
Author: STRATHERN PAUL

Between the end of the Renaissance and the start of the Enlightenment, Europe lived through an era known as the Age of Reason. This was a period which saw advances in areas such as art, science, philosophy, political theory and economics. However, all this was achieved against a background of extreme turbulence in the form of internal conflicts and international wars. While the ‘land of liberty’ was beginning to import slaves from Africa.

Focusing on key characters from the seventeenth to the eighteenth centuries, including Caravaggio, Rembrandt, Newton, Descartes, Spinoza, Louis XIV and Charles I, Dark Brilliance is a fascinating and wide-ranging history that explores the human costs of imposing progress and modernity.

Format: Trade Paper
Publication date: 23/04/2024
Pages: 400
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