The Eighteenth Century: America
The eighteenth century, in America, was a period of significant development. It shaped the direction of the United States in a different trajectory from Europe, and that influence continues to the present.
The Eighteenth Century: Great Britain
The eighteenth century was a golden age in the history of Great Britain: a flowering of music, literature, philosophy, and religion. Today we will take a short chronological ‘tour’ through this land. This is not a comprehensive survey, but it will provide a few of the more important people, events, and ideas that dominated this land and time.
The Eighteenth Century: The Tides of History
“I never go into the country for a change of air and a holiday. I always go instead into the eighteenth century.” So said Anatole France, and I concur – this century fascinates me, filled as it is with adventure, grand ideas, famous (and infamous) people, and God’s Spirit at work in the world.
