Complex sentence: Historically, the name refers to the Bavarian Illuminati, an Enlightenment-era secret society founded on May 1,1776 to oppose superstition, prejudice, religious influence over public life, abuses of state power, and to support women's education and gender equality.
Split into simpler sentences: Historically, the name refers to the Bavarian Illuminati, an Enlightenment-era secret society founded on May 1,1776. The society's goals were to oppose superstition, prejudice, religious influence over public life and abuses of state power, and to support women's education and gender equality.