PPT-Enlightened “Despots” (Absolutists): Monarchs who were inspired by Enlightenment ideals

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. Please get out your Course Overview Signatures for Ms. Barben to check.. Please date all your papers. :. Wednesday, August 31, 2011. Thursday, September 1, 2011. Friday, September 2, 2011. Tuesday, September 6, 2011. 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. Enlightenment. is man's emergence from his self-imposed . mental immaturity. . This immaturity is . the inability to use one's own understanding without another's guidance. . This immaturity is . self-imposed if its cause lies not in lack of understanding but in indecision and . Prof Mark Knights. Key questions. Why is it important for modernists to understand the Enlightenment? . What was its legacy and why is that legacy a controversial one? . Isms. : liberalism, socialism, . 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 . Write this in your notes!. Today’s Class (11/14/14). Outcome:. Be able to connect how the system of Enlightened Absolutism emerged from the Scientific Revolution & Enlightenment in the 18. th. century.. Chapter 5 section 2. Define the terms below:. Censorship. Salon. Enlightened despot. Baroque. R. ococo. Enlightenment Ideas Spread . Read Setting the Scene on page 149 as well as the Global Connections section. AP Euro. Unit 4.1. I. The Scientific Revolution. Medieval view of the world. . 1. Primarily religious and theological. . 2. Political theory based on “divine right”. . 3. Society governed by Church views and practices. Do now: MC on . Enlightened response. To absolutism and then. EAT IT . on back. Absolute strengths. Absolute Weaknesses. Divine right made populace obedient out of fear. Enlightened despots provided some rights to individuals to keep them happy. : (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. . During the Renaissance, monarchs centralized their power through marriage, war and cultural policies. .. Questions about HW?. .. Power in the Renaissance – Monarchs and Machiavelli. A MISCONCEPTION: . Essential Question- How much power should government have?. Review- Europe. After the fall of the Roman Empire, the Western half of the empire fell into darkness .  The Dark Ages. What happened to the Eastern half of the empire?. Chapter 21 Absolute Monarchs in Europe 1500-1800 Section 1 Spain’s Empire and European Absolutism pg. 589 - 595 Introduction to Absolutism Spain’s Powerful Empire Philip II comes to power in Spain Essential Question- How much power should government have?. Review- Europe. After the fall of the Roman Empire, the Western half of the empire fell into darkness .  The Dark Ages. What happened to the Eastern half of the empire?.