Historically, the name refers to the Bavarian Illuminati, an Enlightenment-era secret society founded on May 1,1776 to oppose superstition, prejudice, religious influence over public life, abuses of state power, and to support women's education and gender equality.
The name refers to the Bavarian Illuminati-era secret society founded on May 1,1776 to oppose superstition, prejudice, religious influence over public life, and to support women's education and gender equality. This was historically. Public life is abuses of state power. The Bavarian Illuminati is an Enlightenment.