... J.S. Bach's death and carried through to the 1820's. During this period people started undermining the social and religious traditions by putting more of their faith in the power of reason. Philosophers and writers of the time believed in ongoing progress, not tradition and that progress could be achieved through the power of reason. This led them to call this period The ... Age of Enlightenment'. These radical new ways of looking at the world ended up paving the way for the American and French revolutions towards the end of the eighteenth century. The architecture and ... ...

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