When Adam Weishaupt founded the Association of Perfectibilists in 1776, he surely did not imagine that he was adding fuel to the feverish imagination of all those who, in desperation, were looking for ...

In 1776, Adam Weishaupt founded a secret group in Bavaria called The Order of the Illuminati. He believed that "the monarchy and the church were repressing freedom of thought". The reason behind ...

The Illuminati was the brainchild of Adam Weishaupt, who was the chair of canon law and later the dean of the faculty of law at the University of Ingolstadt in Bavaria (a state in southeast ...

Adam Weishaupt, a law professor and prominent freethinker, opposed the absolute control of the Church and had progressive views on sex equality in the context of education; according to him ...

Join us on a journey through the origins, rise, and fall of The Illuminati, from its inception by Adam Weishaupt to its demise under government scrutiny. Discover how this revolutionary society ...

How a German town divided the world • We may have cracked the mystery of Stonehenge • The town that gave Russia its name It was on 1 May 1776 that Adam Weishaupt, a professor of law at the ...

The Illuminati, founded by Adam Weishaupt in 1776 Bavaria, aimed to challenge the conservative Catholic Church and monarchy, promoting reason over organized religion for enlightenment. Exclusive ...

Founded in 1776 by Adam Weishaupt, the Bavarian Illuminati sought to promote enlightenment ideals and reason over traditional authority. The group infiltrated Masonic lodges, recruiting ...