This work examines education in both theory and practice during the Enlightenment and the French Revolution when educators aimed at nothing less than reforming humanity and creating a new society.

'A History of the Modern World' is a narrative of major events from the late Middle Ages to the political and religious conflicts at the beginning of the 21st century.

'A History of the Modern World' is a narrative of major events from the late Middle Ages to the political and religious conflicts at the beginning of the 21st century.

Throughout the book's lifetime, A History of the Modern World has been hailed as an elegantly written historical narrative, filled with analysis and balanced historical insights as well as its traditional attention to the processes of ...

Conceived and written as a history of the modern world rather than a truncated Western Civilization book, this text is one of the most highly praised history texts ever published.