Cambridge in the Age of the Enlightenment
Subtitle: Science, Religion and Politics from the Restoration to the French Revolution
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: July 18, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 370
ISBN-13: 9780521524971
Subjects: British & Irish history: c 1500 to c 1700; Cultural studies; Philosophy of religion; History - General History; History; History: World; England; Europe - Great Britain - General; History & Theory - General; History / Great Britain; Political Science / History & Theory; Political Science-History & Theory - General
First sentence: Oxford's reputation has never quite recovered from Matthew Arnold's description of his beloved alma mater as a 'home of lost causes and forsaken beliefs, and unpopular names and impossible loyalties' (Arnold, 1962 ed.: 290).