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18th c. France: Drifting towards a New Sensibility Social System in the 18 th C. France Start of the Enlightenment - importance given to reason Shift to Romanticism – significance of emotion/ passion These movements are not limited to France, but impacted the rest of Europe. Ideas of John Locke (empiricism) and Isaac Newton (natural laws) Montesquieu – eulogising reason Diderot – reconciling reason with emotion Hume – acceptance of the dominance of passion Voltaire   This shift of importance from reason to passion marks the drift. Two philosophes identified with this: Rousseau Kant   This shift did not weaken the revolutionary process. French Revolution was an outcome. Situations in France inspired English Romantic poets.   Thus, we have two ideological revolutions behind the upheaval in France: Enlightenment and Romanticism   Romanticism gathered strength and inspired a whole generation of people in the succeeding century. ...

  Core Text:   Cross-currents: The Evolution of Literary Movements Broad Outline: ·        French Socio-political and religious situations ·        Enlightenment ·        Romanticism ·        Impact of Enlightenment/ Romanticism upon England Our study focuses on the 18 th century France. Part 1:  Refer pages 9 - 15 Background Late 2nd Century BC:             Roman occupation of parts of France (Julius Caesar) 5th C. AD:                    Germanic Franks establish power in the region. Frankish dominance continues for centuries. Power reaches its heights in the time of Charlemagne, or Charles the Great. 1337 to 1453: The Hundred Years' War was a series of wars waged by the House of Valois and the ...