The aim of this book is to put the beliefs of the Enlightenment firmly into their social context.

Preface; 1. The Enlightenment in England Roy Porter; 2. The Scottish Enlightenment Nicholas Phillipson; 3. The Enlightenment in France Norman Hampson; 4. The Enlightenment in the Netherlands Simon Schama; 5. The Enlightenment in Switzerland Samuel S. B. Taylor; 6. The Italian Enlightenment Owen Chadwick; 7. The Protestant Enlightenment in Germany Joachim Whaley; 8. The Enlightenment in Catholic Germany T. C. W. Blanning; 9. Reform Catholicism and political radicalism in the Austrian Enlightenment Ernst Wangermann; 10. Bohemia: from darkness into light Mikuláš Teich; 11. The Enlightenment in Sweden Tore Frängsmyr; 12. The Russian Enlightenment Paul Dukes; 13. Enlightenment and the politics of American nature J. R. Pole; Afterword Mikuláš Teich; Notes to the text; Further reading; Index.