PPT-Enlightened Absolutism Main Features

The Enlightenment influenced various leaders across Europe In a number of regions in Central and Eastern Europe numerous reforms were implemented with varying results including Reforming the legal system. Mark . Greengrass. m.greengrass@sheffield.ac.uk. H205 - European World. Warwick University . Republics of Genoa and Venice. ‘City-states’ – Geneva, Dubrovnik, Hamburg. The ‘United Provinces’. Reminder: Louis XIV Historical Postcard due on Wednesday, October 5, 2011. Date your papers:. Block Days. : Thursday, September 22 and Friday, September 23, 2011. Monday, September 26, 2011. Tuesday, September 27, 2011. 6.5. PETS. Frederick the Great, Catherine the Great, Joseph II, enlightened despotism. Who are they?. Enlightened Despots . – absolute rulers who rule with the good of the people in mind. They still believed that people could not rule themselves. If something big happened at school, how would people find out??? How does information spread??. Bellringer. !!!. Objective: Enlightenment ideas challenged practices related to religious authority, monarchy, and absolutism.. The Enlightened Despots. A group of rulers in central and eastern Europe. Favorable reaction to Enlightenment. Some freedom, but they’re still in charge. “Absolute rulers who used their power to bring about political and social change”. Enlightened Absolutism. Overview. Philosophes. believed in natural rights. Equality before the law. Freedom of religious worship. Freedom of speech and press. Right to assemble. Right to hold property. The Age of Absolute Monarchs. LOUIS XIV and . IVAN the TERRIBLE. Absolutism. What?. It is an absolute leader.. A leader who has unlimited power.. These rulers do not share power with anyone.. There are no law making bodies:. Frederick the Great, Catherine the Great, Joseph II, enlightened despotism. Evaluating . “. Enlightened Absolutism. ”. To what extent did Enlightenment ideas influence monarchs of the time?. Is . authority. Divine Right: the doctrine that a monarch derives his or her power directly from God. Absolutism-Age of Kings. Weaken power of group that threatens . your. power the most .  the nobles. Catherine the Great of Russia. Frederick the Great of Prussia. Joseph II of Austria. Essential Question: . Discuss and Explain the ways in which the Enlightenment ushered in a new political age in 18. : (Louis XIV of France). Despot. - a king or other ruler with absolute, unlimited power. An . Absolute Monarchy. . is . a king or queen who has unlimited power and seeks to control all aspects of society. . Absolutism Element : Examine absolutism through a comparison of the rules of Louis XIV, Tsar Peter the Great and Tokugawa Ieyasu . Vocabulary : absolutism, Louis XIV, Peter the Great, Tokugawa Ieyasu Absolutism Case studies Mark Knights What does absolutism signify? Unfettered royal power, usually monarchy by divine right The centralisation of decision-making The king as above the law The erosion of the rights of the people and their representative assemblies This Lecture could be found under Units-> Period Two-> Absolutism & Constitutionalism-> Power Points. Read Aloud. Go to website and open Background to Absolutism Reading. Absolutism. A form of government, usually within a monarchy, in which the ruler exercised absolute power over virtually all facets of his or her kingdom.