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The Age of Aristocracy History 104 / February 4, 2013

The Age of Aristocracy History 104 / February 4, 2013. An English “ country house ” : Blenheim (built ca. 1705-1724). Belton House, Lincolnshire (built 1685-88). The Enclosure movement: consolidating agricultural property. A productive aristocracy.

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The Age of Aristocracy History 104 / February 4, 2013

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  1. The Age of AristocracyHistory 104 / February 4, 2013

  2. An English “country house”: Blenheim (built ca. 1705-1724)

  3. Belton House, Lincolnshire (built 1685-88)

  4. The Enclosure movement: consolidating agricultural property

  5. A productive aristocracy

  6. A fancy, free-spending German state:the Dresden palace of the Elector of Saxony

  7. Charlottenburg palace, Berlin(built by Frederick I,Prussia’s first king)

  8. Friedrich Wilhelm IKing in Prussia, 1713-1740The “Soldier King”

  9. Friedrich Wilhelm’s “long fellows”

  10. Friedrich IIKing of Prussia, 1740-1786“Frederick the Great”

  11. Brandenburg-Prussia in 1618

  12. Brandenburg-Prussia in 1648

  13. Brandenburg-Prussia in 1763

  14. Frederick’s palace in Potsdam: “Sans souci”

  15. Court culture at Potsdam

  16. Peter IEmperor of Russia,1682-1725“Peter the Great”

  17. St. Petersburg shortly after its founding in 1703

  18. Catherine II Empress of Russia, 1762-1796 “Catherine the Great”

  19. The Pugachev rebellion, 1773-75

  20. Gregory Potemkin (1739-1791)The “Potemkin stairs” in Odessa, Ukraine (founded 1794)

  21. Coffee houses

  22. A French salon

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