Encyclopedia - 18th Century: Encyclopedia - 18th Century
As a means of recording the passage of time, the 18th century refers to the century that lasted from 1701 through 1800 in the Gregorian c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 18th Century Bc: Encyclopedia - 18th Century Bc
18th century BC - Significant persons. Hammurabi, ruler of the Babylonian Empire Tang overthrew emperor Jie, last ruler of the Xia dyn...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 18th Century: Encyclopedia Ii - 18th Century - Events
18th century - 1700s. 1701-1714: War of the Spanish Succession 1703: Saint Petersburg founded by Peter the Great. Russian capital unti...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Clyster: Encyclopedia - Clyster
Clyster is an old-fashioned word for enema, more particularly for enemas administered using a clyster syringe — that is, a syringe with...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anacharsis: Encyclopedia - Anacharsis
Anacharsis was a Scythian philosopher who travelled from his homeland on the northern shores of the Black Sea to Athens in the early 6th ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The 18th Day: Encyclopedia Ii - The 18th Day - Track List
1. 1980 (4.00) (written by E. Swaray, R. Shelton, K. Veney, L. Hill) Produced by Rich Shelton, Kevin Veney and Loren Hill. 2. Don’t Tal...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Edward Plunkett 18th Baron Dunsany: Encyclopedia Ii - Edward Plunkett 18th Baron Dunsany - Biography
Edward Plunkett was the son of John William Plunkett, 17th Baron Dunsany (1853–1899) and his wife Ernle Elizabeth Ernle-Erle Drax, née...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Edward Plunkett 18th Baron Dunsany: Encyclopedia Ii - Edward Plunkett 18th Baron Dunsany - Writings
His most notable fantasy short stories were published in collections from 1905 to 1919: he had to pay for publication of the first, The G...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Edward Plunkett 18th Baron Dunsany: Encyclopedia Ii - Edward Plunkett 18th Baron Dunsany - Bibliography
The catalogue of everything that Dunsany wrote during a 50-year writing career is quite extensive, and is especially fraught with pitfall...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Edward Plunkett 18th Baron Dunsany: Encyclopedia Ii - Edward Plunkett 18th Baron Dunsany - Writers Influenced By Dunsany
H. P. Lovecraft was greatly impressed by Dunsany after seeing him on a speaking tour of the United States, and Lovecraft's early stories ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Edward Plunkett 18th Baron Dunsany: Encyclopedia Ii - Edward Plunkett 18th Baron Dunsany - Books In Print
Millennium Fantasy Masterworks Time and the Gods (Collection containing The Gods of Pegāna, Time and the Gods, The Sword of Welleran an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Prussian Navy: Encyclopedia Ii - Prussian Navy - The 18th Century
The Prussian kings of the 18th century had little interest in maintaining their own navy. Due to the state’s Continental position, lack...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Deism: Encyclopedia Ii - Deism - 18th Century Popularity
Deist thinking has existed since ancient times and can be inferred from pre-Socratic philosophers such as Heraclitus. However, it was not...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - York: Encyclopedia Ii - York - 18th Century York
York elected two members to the Unreformed House of Commons. On 22 March 1739 the infamous highwayman Dick Turpin was convicted at York a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - York: Encyclopedia Ii - York - 18th-century York
York elected two members to the Unreformed House of Commons. On 22 March 1739 the infamous highwayman Dick Turpin was convicted at York a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - English Poetry: Encyclopedia Ii - English Poetry - The Restoration And 18th Century
It is perhaps ironic that Paradise Lost, a story of fallen pride, was the first major poem to appear in England after the Restoration. Th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Missouri: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Missouri - 18th Century
By 1720, immigrants were settling in considerable numbers, both by way of the Great Lakes and the mouth of the Mississippi. To meet the d...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Geometry: Encyclopedia Ii - Geometry - The 17th And Early 18th Centuries
In the early 17th century, there were two important developments in geometry. The first and most important was the creation of analytic g...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Geometry: Encyclopedia Ii - Geometry - The Late 18th And 19th Centuries
Geometry - Non-Euclidean geometry. The old problem of proving Euclid’s Fifth Postulate, the "Parallel Postulate", from his first four...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Irish Fiction: Encyclopedia Ii - Irish Fiction - The 18th Century
Laurence Sterne Irish fiction can be said to begin with the publication in 1726 of Jonathan Swift's masterpiece Gulliver's Travels. This ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Quebec Literature: Encyclopedia Ii - Quebec Literature - 18th Century
Until 1760, the themes of nature, explorations, and the Sauvages continued to mark the imagination of the civilization of New France. The...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shakespeare's Reputation: Encyclopedia Ii - Shakespeare's Reputation - 18th Century
Shakespeare's reputation - Britain. In the 18th century, Shakespeare dominated the London stage, while Shakespeare production turned in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Quaker History: Encyclopedia Ii - Quaker History - 18th Century
In 1691 George Fox died. Thus, the Quaker movement went into the 18th Century without one of its most influential early leaders. Thanks t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Music Of Poland: Encyclopedia Ii - Music Of Poland - 17th And 18th Centuries
In the last years of the 16th century and the first part of the 17th century, a number of Italian musicians were guests at the royal cour...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Swoon Hypothesis: Encyclopedia Ii - Swoon Hypothesis - 18th And 19th Centuries
Early proponents of this theory include German theologian Karl Friedrich Bahrdt, who suggested in around 1780 that Jesus deliberately fei...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Irish Theatre: Encyclopedia Ii - Irish Theatre - The 18th Century
The 18th century saw the emergence of two major Irish dramatists, Oliver Goldsmith and Richard Brinsley Sheridan, who were two of the mos...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Birmingham: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Birmingham - 18th Century
In the 18th century Birmingham grew rapidly into one of the world's first major industrial towns. In 1791, Arthur Young described Birming...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Jersey: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Jersey - 18th Century
The Chamber of commerce founded 24 February 1768 is the oldest in the Commonwealth. The Code of 1771 laid down for the first time in one ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rhapsody On A Theme Of Paganini: Encyclopedia Ii - Rhapsody On A Theme Of Paganini - 18th Variation 'andante Cantabile'
The slow eighteenth variation is by far the most well-known, and it is often included on compilation CDs or records on its own, without t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - State Council Of Imperial Russia: Encyclopedia Ii - State Council Of Imperial Russia - 18th Century
Early Tsar's Councils were small and dealt primarily with the external politics. Peter I of Russia introduced the Secret Council. Catheri...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Castlevania Timeline: Encyclopedia Ii - Castlevania Timeline - 18th Century
1748: (The events of Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance) In 1746, Maxim Kischine left on a self-training expedition in order to cope with...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Women Artists: Encyclopedia Ii - Women Artists - 18th Century
Artists from this period include Rosalba Carriera, Guilia Lama, Anna Dorothea Therbusch, Angelica Kauffmann, Mary Moser, Maria Cosway, An...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Baden: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Baden - 18th Century
During the wars of the reign of Louis XIV of France the margravate was ravaged by French troops, and the towns of Pforzheim, Durlach, and...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Livre Tournois: Encyclopedia Ii - Livre Tournois - The 18th Century
In 1726, under Louis XV's minister Cardinal Fleury, a system of monetary stability was put in place. 8 ounces (a mark) of gold was worth ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Portrait Miniature: Encyclopedia Ii - Portrait Miniature - England 18th And 19th Centuries
The 18th century produced a great number of miniature painters, of whom Richard Cosway (1742–1821) is the most famous. His works are of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Italian Literature: Encyclopedia Ii - Italian Literature - The Revival In The 18th Century
Having for the most part freed itself from the Spanish dominion in the 18th century, the new political condition of Italy began to improv...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Threepence: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Threepence - Early 18th Century
In the reign of Queen Anne (1701-1714), the same basic design was used, with threepences produced in 1703-1710 and 1713. The obverse show...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of California: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of California - 18th Century
History of California - Spanish colonization. Since 1493, Spain had maintained a number of missions throughout New Spain (Mexico, and p...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of London: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of London - 18th Century London
The 18th century was a period of rapid growth for London, reflecting an increasing national population, the early stirrings of the Indust...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Egypt In The European Imagination: Encyclopedia Ii - Egypt In The European Imagination - 18th Century
The 18th century witnessed the rise of a first authentically historicist imagination, one that attempted to picture the cultures of the d...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Croatia In The Habsburg Empire: Encyclopedia Ii - Croatia In The Habsburg Empire - 17th And 18th Century
After the battle of Sisak in 1593, when the Ottoman army was successfully repelled for the first time on the territory of Croatia, the lo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Timeline Of Shakespeare Criticism: Encyclopedia Ii - Timeline Of Shakespeare Criticism - 18th Century
Joseph Addison, 1712: "Among the English, Shakespeare has incomparably excelled all others. That noble extravagance of fancy, which he ha...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Science And Invention In Birmingham: Encyclopedia Ii - Science And Invention In Birmingham - 18th Century
1738: Lewis Paul and John Wyatt, of Birmingham, patent the Roller Spinning machine and the flyer-and-bobbin system, for drawing Wool to a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Leaning Tower Of Nevyansk: Encyclopedia Ii - Leaning Tower Of Nevyansk - 18th Century Hi-tech
After having studied the tower, the scientists found out that its architects used some of the most advanced technologies available at tha...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Alaska: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Alaska - 18th Century
History of Alaska - Russian Alaska. Main article: Russian Alaska The first written accounts indicate that the first Europeans to reac...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Toulouse: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Toulouse - Renaissance: 18th
It would be difficult to qualify the years which preceded the French revolution. Various artistic, religious, or architectural currents t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Popular Culture: Encyclopedia Ii - Popular Culture - 18th And 19th Century Popular Culture
The growth of modern industry from the late 18th Century onward led to massive urbanization in many Western countries and the rise of new...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Mathematics: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Mathematics - 18th Century
As we have seen, knowledge of the natural numbers, 1, 2, 3,..., as preserved in monolithic structures, is older then any surviving writte...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Irish Poetry: Encyclopedia Ii - Irish Poetry - The 18th Century
The 18th Century perhaps marks the point at which the two language traditions reach equal weight of importance. In Swift, the English tra...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Popular Culture: Encyclopedia Ii - Popular Culture - 18th And 19th Century Popular Culture
The growth of modern industry from the late 18th Century onward led to massive urbanization in many Western countries and the rise of new...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Dance: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Dance - 18th And 19th Centuries: From Court Dancing To Romanticism
By the 1700s ballet had migrated from the French court to the Paris Opera, and the director Lully ‘preserved the ballet du cour’s bas...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Georgian Dublin: Encyclopedia Ii - Georgian Dublin - 18th Century Property Developers
While the rebuilding by the Wide Streets Commission fundamentally changed the streetscape in Dublin, a property boom led to additional bu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Ecology: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Ecology - 18th And 19th Century ~ Ecological Murmurs
History of ecology - The botanical geography and Alexander von Humboldt. Throughout the 18th and the beginning of the 19th century, the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gun Quarter Birmingham: Encyclopedia Ii - Gun Quarter Birmingham - 18th Century
At the start of the eighteenth century, gun manufacture was concentrated in the Digbeth area, but fifty years later the trade had moved t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Russian Tradition Of The Knights Hospitaller: Encyclopedia Ii - Russian Tradition Of The Knights Hospitaller - 18th Century
The special relationship between the Knights of Malta and the crown of Russia continued into the 18th century. From 1766 to 1769, Catheri...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Jews In Ireland: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Jews In Ireland - 18th Century
In 1746 a bill was introduced in the Irish House of Commons "for naturalizing persons professing the Jewish religion in Ireland". Another...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Troitse-sergiyeva Lavra: Encyclopedia Ii - Troitse-sergiyeva Lavra - 18th And 19th Centuries
In 1744, Empress Elizabeth conferred on the cloister the dignity of the lavra. The metropolitan of Moscow was henceforth also the Archima...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Slovenians: Encyclopedia Ii - Slovenians - Slovenians Between The 18th Century And The Second World War
Slovenian lands were part of the Illyrian provinces, the Austrian Empire and Austria-Hungary (in Cisleithania). Many Slovenians emigrated...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Russo-turkish Wars: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Russo-turkish Wars - 18th Century
Russia had managed to secure a favorable international situation by signing a few treaties with Iran in 1732-1735 (which was at war with ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Reforms Of French Orthography: Encyclopedia Ii - Reforms Of French Orthography - 18th Century
The third (1740) and fourth (1762) editions of the Académie dictionary were very progressive ones, changing the spelling of about half t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - North West Company: Encyclopedia Ii - North West Company - Late 18th/early 19th Century
Simon McTavish brought several members of his family into the company, but for McTavish, nepotism took a back seat to ability. His father...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Male Circumcision: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Male Circumcision - Male Circumcision In The 18th Century
Circumcision was not practiced amongst Christians in Europe in the 18th Century. It was regarded with repulsion. Edward Gibbon had refer...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Classical Music Of The United Kingdom: Encyclopedia Ii - Classical Music Of The United Kingdom - Music Of The 18th Century
The leading figure in British music of the early 18th century was a naturalized Englishman, George Frideric Handel. Although he was born ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jehovah: Encyclopedia Ii - Jehovah - Jehovah Is An 18th Century English Translation Of יְהֹוָה [hebrew Word #3068]
Jehovah ( Latin Iéhova ) is an 18th century English translation of "יְהֹוָה", which is a Masoretic vocalization of "יהוה" [ i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Finland: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Finland - The 18th Century - The Age Of Reason
During the Great Northern War (1700–1721), Finland was occupied by the Russians, and the south-eastern part, including the important to...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Finland: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Finland - The 18th Century - Age Of Reason
During the Great War (1713–1721), Finland was occupied by the Russians, and the south-eastern part, including the important town of Vii...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Administrative Divisions Of The Kingdom Of Hungary: Encyclopedia Ii - Administrative Divisions Of The Kingdom Of Hungary - 16th-18th Century
In the 16th century, the Kingdom was so gravely impacted by Ottoman conquest that its territory was reduced to almost a third of its prev...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Azerbaijan: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Azerbaijan - Independent Khanates In The 18th Century
While civil conflicts took hold in Iran, most of Azerbaijan was occupied by the Ottomans in the 18th century. Meanwhile, the coastal stri...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Franklin And Marshall College: Encyclopedia Ii - Franklin And Marshall College - History Of Franklin College 18th Century
Franklin College was chartered on June 6, 1787 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania on the site of a former brewery. It was named for Benjamin Fran...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Italy During Foreign Domination And The Unification: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Italy During Foreign Domination And The Unification - Foreign Domination 16th-18th Centuries
At the beginning of the 16th century the states of Italian peninsula began to suffer the effects of an economic crisis due to the move of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Haiti: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Haiti - Haiti In The 17th And 18th Centuries
History of Haiti - French colonization. This collapse of the original population led to an eventual repopulation with African slaves to...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Europe: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Europe - Early Modern Period: 16th 17th And 18th Century
The Reformation had profound effects on the unity of Europe. Not only were nations divided one from another by their religious orientatio...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Spain: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Spain - The Enlightenment: Spain Under The Bourbons 18th Century
Philip V, the first Bourbon king, of French origin, signed the Decreto de Nueva Planta in 1715, a new law that revoked most of the histor...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Acts Of The Parliament Of Ireland: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Acts Of The Parliament Of Ireland - 18th Century
List of Acts of the Parliament of Ireland - 1701 - 1710. 2 Anne. c. 3. An Act to prevent Popish Priests from coming into this Kingdom,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Anti-semitism: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Anti-semitism - The 18th Century
1711 Johann Andreas Eisenmenger writes his Entdecktes Judenthum ("Judaism Unmasked"), a work denouncing Judaism and which had a formative...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - British Literature: Encyclopedia Ii - British Literature - English Language Literature From 1660 To The Late 18th Century
The position of Poet Laureate was formalised in this period. The early 18th century is known as the Augustan Age of English literature. T...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Bundestag Members: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Bundestag Members - Changes Since The Election Of September 18th 2005
List of Bundestag Members - 2005. 8 November: Dr. Edmund Stoiber resigned, replaced by Johannes Singhammer 9 November: Dagmar Schmidt ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Chair: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Chair - 18th Century Chairs
Informal, galante manners and a new half-reclining posture that replaced the former bolt-upright demeanor of court and aristocracy in the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Travancore: Encyclopedia Ii - Travancore - History
Travancore - 18th Century. The region was ruled by the Ay Dynasty during the first Sangham age (circa 300 BC – 600 AD) and was the s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Travancore: Encyclopedia Ii - Travancore - Geography
Travancore was located in Southern Kerala. According to native legend, Kerala was formed when Parasurama threw his axe into the sea. The ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Discovery Of Fiji: Encyclopedia Ii - Discovery Of Fiji - Melanesian And Polynesian Settlement
Polynesian peoples are believed to have settled the Fijian islands some 3,500 years ago, with Melanesians following around a thousand yea...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rhapsody On A Theme Of Paganini: Encyclopedia Ii - Rhapsody On A Theme Of Paganini - Overview
The piece is a set of 24 variations on the twenty-fourth and last of Niccolo Paganini's Caprices for solo violin. Several other sets of v...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Romsey: Encyclopedia Ii - Romsey - History
Romsey - Middle Ages to The Civil War. The name Romsey is believed to have originated from the term Rūm's Eg, meaning "Rūm's area sur...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Romsey: Encyclopedia Ii - Romsey - Mills And Milling
Watermills have played an important part in Romsey's history as an industrial town. The Domesday Book of 1086 provides the earliest recor...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Symphony: Encyclopedia Ii - Symphony - History Of The Form
Symphony - The 18th century symphony. The form that we now recognise as the symphony took shape in the early 18th century. It is common...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - English Poetry: Encyclopedia Ii - English Poetry - Reference
Print Hamilton, Ian. The Oxford Companion to Twentieth-Century Poetry in English Online A Time-line of English poetry ... See also:...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Folkestone: Encyclopedia Ii - Folkestone - History
Folkestone - Early history. Archeological finds from a 1st Century cemetery were discovered in 1948 at Cheriton, to the West of Folkest...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Folkestone: Encyclopedia Ii - Folkestone - Transport
Folkestone is located at the eastern end of the M20 which provides fast access to London and the M25. The A20 is motorway-standard to Dov...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Folkestone: Encyclopedia Ii - Folkestone - Industry
As alluded to above Folkestone was at one stage a resort town with a developed shipping trade. With the decline of such industries others...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - English Poetry: Encyclopedia Ii - English Poetry - The Romantic Movement
The last quarter of the 18th century was a time of social and political turbulence, with revolutions in the United States, France, Irelan...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Croatia In The Habsburg Empire: Encyclopedia Ii - Croatia In The Habsburg Empire - The Ottoman Incursion
The change of leadership was far from a solution to the war with the Turks, in fact, the Ottoman Empire gradually expanded in the 16th ce...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Prussian Navy: Encyclopedia Ii - Prussian Navy - Summary
Even though Prussia consistently understood itself as a Continental land power, its rise and fall were closely bound up with the destiny ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Missouri: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Missouri - 19th Century
Spain, in 1800, negotiated the territory's cession back to France. The French ruler, Napoleon, reasoned that the territory could not be p...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - English Poetry: Encyclopedia Ii - English Poetry - The Earliest English Poetry
The earliest known English poem is a hymn on the creation; Bede attributes this to Cædmon (fl. 658–680), who was, according to legend,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - English Poetry: Encyclopedia Ii - English Poetry - The Anglo-norman Period And The Later Middle Ages
With the Norman conquest of England, beginning in 1066, the Anglo-Saxon language immediately lost its status; the new aristocracy spoke F...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - English Poetry: Encyclopedia Ii - English Poetry - The Renaissance In England
The Renaissance was slow in coming to England, with the generally accepted start date being around 1509. It is also generally accepted th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - English Poetry: Encyclopedia Ii - English Poetry - The 20th Century
English poetry - The first three decades. The Victorian era continued into the early years of the 20th century and two figures emerged ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - English Poetry: Encyclopedia Ii - English Poetry - English Poetry Now
The last three decades of the 20th century saw a number of short-lived poetic groupings such as the Martians. There was a growth in inter...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Coat Clothing: Encyclopedia Ii - Coat Clothing - Types Of Coats
Coat clothing - Coats of the 18th and 19th centuries. Some of these styles are still worn. Basque, a tightly fitted, kneelength women'...   » Read the article

Article - Encyclopedia: Encyclopedia Ii - Encyclopedia - Encyclopedias From The 18th To Early 20th Century
The beginnings of the modern idea of the general-purpose, widely distributed printed encyclopedia precede the 18th-century encyclopedists...   » Read the article