When cafes became popular im Europe in the seventeenth and
eighteenth centuries, they were places of intense intellectual discussion and
poHiGcal debate. Excited intellectuals would talk passionately about politics
and government. This was during *the Age of Enlightenment in Western
Europe, which was a time of incredible political and social change. Many
of the new and radical ideas of this time were 回 ) born in cafes。m
some European countries, governments became very ( ) about the new
ideas being discussed in these shops. Some governments even tried to
close cafes, but they only grew in popularity. Eventually, cafes were used
as places to plan revolutions. Imdeed, it is often said that the French
Revolution started in a cafI
Nowadays, cafes are much more relaxing places. Modern-style coffee
