From the King James Bible to Samuel Johnson (1600 - 1750) By Fred Hutchison

Historically, Europe enjoyed three periods of rapid cultural advance: 1) 1050–1250 A.D.; 2) 1375–1520; and 3) 1600–1750. During this seven-century developmental period, Western culture was vigorously advancing two-thirds of the time, and the culture was consolidating and preparing for the next advance one-third of the time.

This is the third installment of A Brief History of Conservatism, which tracks the third spike of European cultural development (1600–1750), which is commonly called the Baroque era.

In this essay, our story begins with the King James Bible in 1611 and ends in 1750 with the world of Samuel Johnson, Voltaire, and Benjamin Franklin.

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