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Adam Weishaupt was born on 6 February 1748 in Ingolstadt [1] [5] in the Electorate of Bavaria. Weishaupt's father Johann Georg Weishaupt (1717–1753) died [ 5 ] when Adam was five years old. After his father's death he came under the tutelage of his godfather Johann Adam von Ickstatt [ 6 ] who, like his father, was a professor of law at the ...
Following the French Revolution, Robison became disenchanted with elements of the Enlightenment. He authored Proofs of a Conspiracy in 1797—a polemic accusing Freemasonry of being infiltrated by Weishaupt's Order of the Illuminati. His son was the inventor Sir John Robison (1778–1843).
Publication place. England. Memoirs Illustrating the History of Jacobinism (French: Mémoires pour servir à l’histoire du Jacobinisme) is a book by Abbé Augustin Barruel, a French Jesuit priest. It was written and published in French in 1797–98, and translated into English in 1799. In the book, Barruel claims that the French Revolution ...
Illuminati. The Illuminati (/ əˌluːmɪˈnɑːti /; plural of Latin illuminatus, 'enlightened') is a name given to several groups, both real and fictitious. Historically, the name usually refers to the Bavarian Illuminati, an Enlightenment -era secret society founded on 1 May 1776 in Bavaria, today part of Germany. The society's stated goals ...
Covering the rise and progress of atheism; its extension through Voltaire; its use of Freemasonry and kindred societies for anti-Christian war; Weishaupt and Illuminism; its progress in the First French Revolution, and under Nubius, Palmerston and Mazzini; the control of its hidden "inner circle" over all revolutionary organisations; its ...
Having reformed the French branch of the order, Willermoz in 1782 succeeded in persuading the German mother branch to adopt his reforms – though not without meeting considerable opposition from other branches of the Strict Observance, such as the Bavarian Illuminati of Adam Weishaupt. The French Revolution curtailed the activities of the CBCS ...
The Illuminati movement was founded on May 1, 1776, in Ingolstadt (Upper Bavaria), by Jesuit-taught Adam Weishaupt (d. 1830), who was the first lay professor of canon law at the University of Ingolstadt. The movement was made up of freethinkers, as an offshoot of the Enlightenment.
Louis Henri, duc de Bourbon. Prince of the Blood, son of the Prince de Condé and father of the Duc d'Enghien; emigrated. Louis Joseph de Bourbon. Prince of the Blood; composed the Brunswick Manifesto. Charles de Bouvens. Orator who had to flee the French Revolution due to his conservative views. Louis de Breteuil.