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Bellwork Thurs 2/6/14
• If the Enlightenment was about logic and equality…
• How do you think the absolute monarchs reacted to it?
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Enlightened
Despotism22.3
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What is Enlightened Despotism?
a form of absolutism (or despotism) in which rulers were influenced by the Enlightenment & applied (some of) its concepts to their territories
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Philosophe’s Influence
• Sought to redirect monarch’s power toward:o Logical economic &
political structures that helped the whole nation
o Freedom of thought (open to new ideas)
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Enlightened Despots
• Tended to allow: o religious toleranceo freedom of speech and the presso the right to hold private property
• Most fostered the arts, sciences, and education
• Greater attention to merit & hard work in bureaucracy (instead of the buddy-reward system)
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Enlightened Despots
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Frederick the Great King of Prussia
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Frederick II of Prussia
• r. 1740-1786 • AKA Frederick the
Great• Self-described “first
servant of the people”
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New Policies
• Silesia = manufacturing district• Initiated agricultural improvements• Religious Toleration
o Catholics & Jews allowed to settle in predominately Lutheran territory
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New Policies Cont.
• Legal System Reformo Efficiencyo Unified regional law to match state
law (more central authority)o Decreased nobility’s influence
• Abolished torture• School Code of 1763
oAll kids 5-13 must go to school
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However…
• Peasants still burdened by disproportionate taxes
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Joseph IIKing of Austria
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Joseph II of Austria• r. 1780-1790• Co-ruled w/mom,
Maria-Theresa from 1765 until her death in 1780
• In many ways, the most enlightened of all the monarchs…
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Centralization of Authority
• Austria very diverse (lots of cultures and ethnicities)
• Maria-Theresa began some Enl. policies such as:o More efficient tax system
oclergy & nobility taxed
o Expanded primary education
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Joseph II’s Reforms
• Goals: o extend his borderso exert his authority over areas his
mother chose to stay out (irrational to have more than 1 leader)
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Joe’s Reforms (cont.)
• Tried to est. German as sole language of the empire (irrational not to all speak the same language)
• Didn’t work out, and eventually had to rescind these orders
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Joe’s Reforms (cont.)
• Religious tolerationo Lutherans, Calvinists, & Greek Orthodox
treated equally to Catholicso Jews:
oRelieved of certain taxes & exclusion oGranted the right to private worshipoStill did not have equality with other subjects
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Joe’s Reforms (cont.)• Created laws to limit authority of
landowners over peasantso Abolished serfdom
• Land Taxation (GASP!!)o All landowners pay taxeso Peasants no longer had to bear burden of
taxes aloneoDied shortly after this decree & it was never
implemented (his brother Leopold was forced to repeal it…)
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Catherine the GreatEmpress of Russia
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Catherine The Great• r. 1762-1796• Germanic Princess & wife/widow of
Peter III• Approved (& possibly aided in) the
assassination of her husband
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CTG’s Reforms
• Brought West to Russiao Ex.: Diderot - paid him & offered to
publish his Encyclopédia in Russia when it was banned by French Gov’t
• “Charter of Nobility”o Gave nobles complete control over
serfso Local offices given to local nobles (not
royal offices, though)
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CTG’s Reforms Cont.
• Expansion of the small Russian urban middle class (vital for trade)
• Continued drive for warm water ports (fought Ottoman Empire)
• Created hospitals & orphanages• Limited religious toleration• Slight restriction of the use of
torture by the government
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Not So Enlightened Despot
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Louis XV
• r. 1715-1774• Great-grandson of
Louis XIV• Relatively ineffective
king• Drove France into
deeper debt
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Attempts at Enlightenment
• Parliaments – Replaced w/ courts where judges could
not own, sell, or inherit office– Portrayed Louis XV as tyrant
• Economics– Gave up price controls on grain (1763) to
open France to a free market– Reversed in 1770 (grain shortage
famine)
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Louis XVI
• r. 1774-1791• Restored old
parliaments