Browse Items (1 total) Tags: enlightenment historiography Browse All Browse by Tag Search Items Sort by: Title Creator Date Added History and Nature in the Enlightenment: Praise of the Mastery of Nature in Eighteenth-Century Historical Literature Outlines how eighteenth-century historians emphasized the use of nature as a precondition for cultural progress. Discusses such things as climatic theories, and stadial theories. Tags: climate, climate theories, enlightenment historiography, nature, stadial theory Featured Item No featured items are available.