Encyclopedia During The Enlightenment

During the Enlightenment, the Encyclopedia created a revolution that challenged people about their beliefs and trust on religion. Before and during the Age of Reason, religion was far more important than it is today. France’s first encyclopedia about all knowledge helped transform Christian beliefs into reason and philosophy; it was one of the first works that helped society question religion and authority. The Encyclopedia was a door that exposed people to all types of knowledge about the arts, crafts, and sciences. This caused the Encyclopedia to be very hard to publicate because of the radical ideas it had; it was even burned, banned, and edited to be less radical.
The encyclopedia was created by Denis Diderot along with the help of other
The complete creation of the Encyclopedia took approximately three decades to finish. The physical making of the Encyclopedia brought in a lot of profit. Every word had to be set by hand and hundreds of bookbinders were involved, so Diderot had to pay a high price for his work. This caused the Encyclopedia to be very expensive, allowing only members of the social elite to be able to purchase books. Despite the price and controversy, people still wanted to read the book because the knowledge that could be accessed was worth every cent. The 35 volumes contained information about the economy, religion, government, human nature, slavery, and many other articles. The knowledge was obtained from observing and from some of the greatest minds of Europe. For example, Jean Jacques Rousseau wrote the majority of the music section and the political economy, Voltaire contributed entries about history, elegance, and fire, and Louis de Jaucourt wrote about 18,000 articles. In the Encyclopedia, the importance of commerce, technology, and crafts were heavily emphasized. To obtain information about these topics, Diderot would have to visit and study laborers that were skilled in that