3 Turning Points in the Making of the Enlightenment
The Enlightenment was an intellectual movement of the 17th and 18th centuries that began in rational debate and discussion, but soon had more wide-ranging implications. Europe put aside old institutions and embraced an age of science and reason.But the challenges its proponents faced were enormous. And were it not for these three key turning points, the Age of Reason might have been suppressed by reactionary forces.