Ireland and French Enlightenment, 1700-1800

Ireland and French Enlightenment, 1700-1800
Author: G. Gargett
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 308
Release: 1999-02-08
Genre: History
ISBN: 0230510159

By what channels did the French Enlightenment reach the eighteenth-century Irish reader, and what impact did it have? What were the images of Ireland current in the France of the philosophers like Voltaire? These are the questions which a team of scholars attempt to answer in this volume.

A Philosophical and Political History of the Settlements and Trade of the Europeans in the East and West Indies

A Philosophical and Political History of the Settlements and Trade of the Europeans in the East and West Indies
Author: Abbe Raynal
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 482
Release: 2021-12-17
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1000560724

First published in 1777, Abbe Guillaume Thomas Francois Raynal (1713-96) was a French Philosopher, historian and priest. On leaving his parish in Paris, he devoted himself to writing and the society of philosophes. He produced a number of historical works, including this famous history of the European colonies (part of which some modern scholars attribute to Diderot). This is Volume three of a collection of six volumes of his work Settlements and Trade of the Europeans in the East and West Indies.

The French Image of America: 1658-1790

The French Image of America: 1658-1790
Author: Durand Echeverria
Publisher:
Total Pages: 824
Release: 1994
Genre: History
ISBN:

Provides descriptions of all works in French that touch on the original thirteen British North American colonies and the U.S. through 1815. Each of the over 3,000 entries includes a complete title transcription, a pagination statement, notes, and locations of copies.

The Eighteenth Century

The Eighteenth Century
Author:
Publisher: Primary Source Microfilm
Total Pages: 592
Release: 1993
Genre: Early printed books
ISBN: 9780892351527