Baron de Montesquieu

Baron de Montesquieu was a French philosopher who lived around the late 1600’s and early 1700’s. This was before the French Revolution. He believed strongly in Thomas Locke, who was another French philosopher. Montesquieu also wrote many books that greatly influenced the society he was in at that time. Although Montesquieu was thought to be fair, he believed in slavery. Other ideas that he had were that women were not equal to men, but could …

…During the French Revolution, the peasants were not happy with the monarch. In part due to the ideas of Enlightenment and Montesquieu, the people were given objectives for which to revolt. The king was forced to make a change in what he was doing. This change was not limited to France though, it spread throughout many other countries as well. Baron de Montesquieu played a major role in shaping and molding the history around Europe.