Kings and Philosophers, 1689-1789

These years also encompassed the birth, maturation, and waning of the Enlightenment. Leonard Krieger shows how the monarchical tradition and the new intellectual developments were reflected in the latter half of the period during the rule of "philosopher kings," the enlightened absolutists. He analyses, too, the origins of a movement toward representative government and the stirrings of political and social revolt that would bring the period to an abrupt end.

Author: Leonard Krieger
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 11/17/1970
Pages: 386
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.93lbs
Size: 7.93h x 5.40w x 0.99d
ISBN13: 9780393099058
ISBN10: 0393099059
BISAC Categories:
- Travel | Europe | General
- History | Europe | General