The Enlightenment: History, Documents, and Key Questions

Based on the most recent scholarship, this book provides students and interested lay readers with a basic introduction to key facts and current controversies concerning the Enlightenment.

• Provides the Enlightenment in various formats, thereby enabling students to better understand and fully appreciate its causes and effects

• Develops critical thinking skills through the interplay of primary and secondary sources

• Includes argumentative essays that showcase the diversity of informed opinions on the modern Enlightenment

• Supports NCHS World History content standards for Era 6, Standard 2E