The Enlightenment
Across
- 3. The French royal dynasty ideologically threatened by the Enlightenment (7)
- 6. English philosopher who believed the Enlightenment directly caused the French Revolution (5)
- 8. French philosopher and noble who supported the idea of the separation of powers (11)
- 9. The belief that the role and power of the judiciary, government and parliament should be dealigned (10, 2, 6)
- 10. Enlightenment thinker who vocally criticised the role and power of the church (8)
- 12. Country whose political system inspired Montesquieu and Voltaire (7)
- 13. French philosopher who contributed to, and edited, l'Encyclopédie (7)
Down
- 1. Ideological movement driven by a sceptical view of traditional ideas and beliefs (3, 11)
- 2. French revolutionary leader who was inspired by Rousseau (11)
- 4. The idea that knowledge must meet certain standards of proof before are be accepted as fact (10)
- 5. The belief that God was benign rather than interventionist (5)
- 7. Swiss born philosophe who wrote the Social Contract in 1762 (8)
- 11. 17th century English thinker whose faith in the rights of life, liberty and property inspired French Enlightenment thinkers (5)