5.1

The Enlightenment

AP World History: Modern

Roots of the Enlightenment

Major Enlightenment thinkers

The Enlightenment and religion

The Enlightenment and politics

Limitations of the Enlightenment

The Encyclopedie frontispiece
Caption: Frontispiece of the Encyclopedie edited by Diderot and d'Alembert (1751-1772), symbolizing the triumph of reason and knowledge. Source: Wikimedia Commons (Public Domain)

The Enlightenment's global influence

Primary sources

John Locke, Two Treatises of Government (1689)

Jean-Jacques Rousseau, The Social Contract (1762)

Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792)

Key figures

Key events summary

Vocabulary