Title page from History of the Rise and Influence of the Spirit of Rationalism in Europe, vol. 2

Part of: History of the Rise and Influence of the Spirit of Rationalism in Europe, 2 vols. History of the Rise and Influence of the Spirit of Rationalism in Europe, vol. 2

Lecky discusses the decline in the belief of magic and miracles, the rise of religious persecution, the gradual secularisation of politics, and the rise of toleration and rationalism.