Historical Dictionary of the Enlightenment

There is a sometimes a fine line to be drawn between an overt reference book and a systematised textbook. This book is titled as a dictionary, and is arranged in alphabetical dictionary format, yet it has much of the feel of a textbook. For one thing, none of the entries is particularly short (about a page is the shortest and many are longer, some considerably so) and the coverage among the alphabetically arranged subjects is, if not restricted, certainly fairly selective. This all, of course, allows good meaty coverage of the entries and is an avowed feature of the series:...