Enlightenment

ENLIGHTENMENT PERIOD

This is a typical image of the meetings or gatherings in France or England of the new thinkers of the time (Thinkers like Locke, Montesquieu, Voltaire, Newton, politicians and army men of the time etc)

It was a period between the 17th Century and 18th Century. It is called the age of reason where our head is before aour heart. Scientific methods, navigation discoveries and liberal ideas together impact on the way society is made up. Liberal ideas like John Locke's influeced American and French Revolution. As this period is based on knowledge and evidence, there was a big confrontation with the church that was up to there the only way to organize societies.

Literature Writing

Literature writers focused on scientific texts, political texts, journalistic texts and Satire.

Scientific texts making reference to all the advance in medicine, technology and industrialization.

Political texts referring to the creation of new ways of government and of society organization.

Journalistic texts informing about or promoting political ideas.

Satire making space to speak in an ironic and funny way of serious issues.