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.

Conducted with impressive concentration by Mark Elder, the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment shows how much Rossini gains if his music is played with the definition, clarity and sheer zing ...

The Age of Enlightenment brought us crucial inventions and discoveries in many areas including the circulation of blood, optics, scientific classification, calculus, the microscope, gravity and ...

The light bulb, says Brian Bowers, former curator of electric engineering at the Science Museum, ushered in the electrical age in the home ... and it's no coincidence that the intellectual ...