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* diffusion of knowledge: books, pamphlets, publications, libraries, universities | * diffusion of knowledge: books, pamphlets, publications, libraries, universities | ||
== Key dates== | = Background and historical context = | ||
== Protestant Revolution == | |||
== Age of Discovery == | |||
== Scientific Revolution == | |||
== Technological advances == | |||
== Key dates of the Enlightenment== | |||
* 1648: end of the 30 Years War (religious dispute was a core cause of the war) | * 1648: end of the 30 Years War (religious dispute was a core cause of the war) | ||
* 1680: publication of Isaac Newton's ''Principio Mathematica'' | * 1680: publication of Isaac Newton's ''Principio Mathematica'' | ||