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Age of Enlightenment

Also known as Enlightenment

The Age of Enlightenment was an intellectual movement of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries that emphasised reason, science, individual rights and reform of government. It shaped political thought across Europe and beyond. In the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, Enlightenment ideas influenced reformers and culminated in the Constitution of 3 May 1791.

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Age of Enlightenment. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/age-of-enlightenment
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