Enlightenment Era

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## TL;DR

The Enlightenment was a broad intellectual movement in seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Europe that emphasized reason, criticism, science, and reform.

## Core Explanation

This repaired entry keeps three public claims: a general definition of the Enlightenment, Montesquieu's separation-of-powers contribution, and the Encyclopedie project associated with Diderot and d'Alembert.

## Detailed Analysis

The previous article bundled Locke, Voltaire, Rousseau, Kant, Smith, salons, and revolutionary influence into source-light facts. Those themes are important but should be restored only when each claim is mapped to direct evidence.

## Further Reading

- [Britannica: Enlightenment](https://www.britannica.com/event/Enlightenment-European-history)
- [Britannica: The Spirit of Laws](https://www.britannica.com/topic/The-Spirit-of-Laws)
- [Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Enlightenment](https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/enlightenment/)

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