The british

Many historians, especially in the period down to the late 20th century, tended to see the British as more rational or reasonable than their neighbors. After all, they had embraced the Reformation, the Glorious Revolution, religious toleration, and “secularization” without much protest. Academic historians today know better, but they have often fallen into the trap of assuming that British culture after 1560 was hostile to “superstition” or occult beliefs. They have pictured the Enlightenment in Britain as almost a natural fulfillment of British values. European history outside Britain, especially in France, Germany, and Russia, has been more open to the peculiar mixtures of thought and belief that characterized the Enlightenment. --- Occult Illuminator: PW Talks With Paul Kleber MonodBy Ann Mayhew | May 24, 2013