Bordeaux in the Enlightenment

The atlas holds 3 people and 6 moments here, from 1689 to 1808. The most recorded lives are Montesquieu, Adam Smith and Joséphine de Beauharnais.

Notable people

1. Montesquieu

   from 1689 to 1731

   4 moments here

   Charles-Louis de Secondat, Baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu, was a French jurist, historian, and political philosopher.…

2. Adam Smith

   in 1764

   1 moment here

   Scottish moral philosopher and political economist of the Scottish Enlightenment, author of The Theory of Moral Sentiments and An Inquiry into the…

3. Joséphine de Beauharnais

   in 1808

   1 moment here

   Marie-Josèphe-Rose Tascher de La Pagerie, known as Joséphine, was Napoleon Bonaparte’s first wife and Empress of the French from 1804 until the…

Moments

1. 1689 Birth at Château de la Brède Montesquieu
2. 1705 Legal studies in Bordeaux Montesquieu
3. 1714 Counselor at the Bordeaux Parlement Montesquieu
4. 1731 Retreat to La Brède after the grand tour Montesquieu
5. 1764 Excursion to Bordeaux Adam Smith
6. 1808 Visit to Bordeaux Palace Joséphine de Beauharnais

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