The Greatest Enemy of the Catholic Church, Voltaire

The greatest enemy of the catholic church during the age of enlightenment was voltaire. Voltaire burst on to the scene in 17 18 and then spent the rest of his 60 year long public career railing against the clergy. Montesquieu published the spirit of the laws in 17 forty eight itbecame the authoritative text on the science of politics. All the men who tried to remake france in the 17 nineties used montesquieu as their touchstone.