Download or read book Child of the Enlightenment written by Arianne Baggerman and published by Egodocuments and History. This book was released on 2009 with total page 553 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A diary kept by a boy in the 1790s provides the basis for a panoramic view of the Age of Enlightenment and democratic revolution in Europe, highlighting the emergence of new ideas on education, nature, time, space, religion and politics.