This spans from the middle of the 18th Century to the beginning of the 19th Century and Romanticism. It was called the age of reason and spread throughout mainland Europe. This book gives a good introduction to some of the thinkers of the age including Voltaire, Diderot, Burke and Jean-Jacques Rousseau. Reformers like William Wilberforce and Robert Owen. Scientists such as Isaac Newton and painters like Constable.

This book aims to give an outline of the period, together with additional exercises, in order to form a base for further study. For anyone wishing to get a flavour of this period this is a good place to start. ( )