History A-Level
Ideological challenges to authority
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Radical ideas introduced by the Enlightenment challenged absolute monarchy and the Church, championed by philosophes such as Montesquieu, Voltaire and Rousseau.
Topics that use Ideological challenges to authority
- 2H France in Revolution, 1774–1815 (A-level only) – 1795 The origins of the French Revolution, 1774–1789 (AQA A-Level)
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