What did the enlightenment question
Absolute monarchy
Church
The structure of society
What did the enlightmenment stress the importance of
Logic
Criticism over faith
Key Rousseau belief that came evident later on
Believed the people had a right to overthrow governments that failed to act correctly
Voltaire believed in free
Speech
Voltaire =
Right to a fair trial
Free speech
Diderot saw the church as
A bar to progress
But wasn’t the enlightenment confined to the educated ?!!
No! Literary rates WERE pretty high! Particularly in Paris but in rest of Fra it was still 60%