In today’s lecture, Mike will be discussing the Enlightenment – the major shift in European life and thought that occurred during the 17th and 18th centuries.  

In today’s episode, Mike will be providing a fly over of the 17th century – which is one of the most consequential centuries ever.  As you will soon see, it was not only full of wars and revolutions, but also advances and changes on numerous fronts. Some of the most interesting and important people – and some of the most controversial and consequential events in Western Civ - unfold during the 1600s.