The Rest Is HistoryAugust 16, 2021

86. The Enlightenment

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Once there was darkness and then there was light. What was the Enlightenment and why did it matter? Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook explore the Enlightenment and its path towards reason, science, revolution and the guillotine. A Goalhanger Films & Left Peg Media production Produced by Jack Davenport Exec Producer Tony Pastor *The Rest Is History Live Tour 2023*: Tom and Dominic are back on tour this autumn! See them live in London, New Zealand, and Australia! Buy your tickets here: restishistorypod.com Twitter: @TheRestHistory @holland_tom @dcsandbrook

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A History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

Edward Gibbon

“Gibbon's A History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire describes countless peoples as savages, reflecting on the 18th century European mindset.”

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