The term "Enlightenment," rooted in an intellectual skepticism to traditional beliefs and dogmas, denotes an "illumined" contrast to the supposed dark and superstitious character of the Middle Ages.

The Cleveland Museum of Art has trained focus on the Enlightenment period in Europe (1685–1815, aka “the age of reason”) with ...

This approach is the result of his intellectual background, claims the historian. “He shared the idea commonly held during the Age of Enlightenment, that the enlightened, the scholars knew what was ...