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| Jean Calas |
Protestant defended by Voltaire when falsely accused of murder |
| Deism |
Belief in God as Creator w/o reference to Christian dogma |
| "Emile" |
Rousseau's imaginary student in his book on education |
| Balthasar Neumann |
Rococo architect who built the Wurzburg Residenz |
| J.S. Bach |
Composer of the Baroque "St. Matthew's Passion" |
| W.A. Mozart |
Prodigy who wrote "The Marriage of Figaro" |
| Tom Jones |
Leading character in Henry Fielding's novel |
| "Spectator" |
Early magazine published by Addison and Steele |
| Jesuit |
Banned from France in 1764 |
| Peitism |
Form of Protestant m,mysticism that emphasized good works. |
| Dictionary |
Pierre Bayle's attack on traditional religious practice and assumptions about Biblical heroes. |
| "Persian Letters" |
Montesquieu's critique of the French Catholic Church and monarchy |
| "Spirit of the Laws" |
Praise of the British gov't's checks and balances by Montesquieu |
| "Encyclopedia" |
attacked by censors for establishing "a spirit of independence and revolt" |
| Adam Smith |
criticized mercantilism |
| Francois Quesney |
agriculture greatest source of wealth |
| Rousseau’s "Emile" |
Blamed private property for the inequality of human society |
| Gibbon |
studied the decline and fall of he Roman Empire |
| Jesuits |
directed the education of young aristocrats |
| Enlightenment |
intellectual movement during the Ren. when certain thinkers & writers thought themselves "enlightened" |
| Montesquieu |
believed in 3 types of gov'ts, separation of powers, and politically active nobles |
| Denis Diderot |
Wrote the "Encyclopedia", and criticized Christianity |
| David Hume |
Philosopher who wrote "Treatsie on Human Nature' which gave way to the "science of man". |
| Social Contract |
Exemplified general will |
| "Emile" |
Rousseau's novel on education and self interest |
| Mary Astell |
Argued that women need to be better educated, in "A Serious Proposal to the Ladies" |
| Freemasons |
Believed in the Philosophe's ideas |
| "Vierzenheiligen" |
Baroque-Rococo style church by Balthazar Neumann |
| Franz Joseph Haydyn |
Composer of the Classical era - "The Creation" & "The Seasons" |
| Henry Fielding |
Wrote novels about wit and English life |
| Cesare Beccaria |
Punishment should be a deterrent, not as brutality - "On Crime and Punishment" |
| Carnival |
40 days leading up to Lent - indulge in everything |
| Hannah More |
Created a charity school for poor children |
| Toleration Patent |
Lutherans, Calvinists, and Greek Orthodox can practice privately |
| "Jewish Problem" |
Massacred, but Enl. thinkers thought they were equal people |
| Nikolaus von Zinzindorf |
Criticized Lutheran clergy |
| Moravian Brethren |
Zinzindorf 's sect - Spread Pietism - personal experience of God was true religious experience |
| Methodism |
Aided each other in doing good works for salvation, headed by Wesley |
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