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Enlightenment Ideas Spread

Enlightenment Ideas Spread . Chapter 17 Section 2. Guiding Questions. What role did censorship and salons play in the spread of new ideas? How did the Enlightenment affect the arts and literature? How did philosophes influence enlightened despots?

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Enlightenment Ideas Spread

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  1. Enlightenment Ideas Spread Chapter 17 Section 2

  2. Guiding Questions • What role did censorship and salons play in the spread of new ideas? • How did the Enlightenment affect the arts and literature? • How did philosophes influence enlightened despots? • Why were Enlightenment ideas slow to reach most Europeans?

  3. New Ideas Challenge Society • Ideas spread from Paris to the rest of France and then the rest of Europe • Ideas spread through Diderot’s Encyclopedia, small pamphlets, salons, and the courts of monarchs • The old order did not like being challenged and often engaged in censorship

  4. Arts and Literature Reflect New Ideas • Rococo style emerges to please the middle class – it was light, elegant and charming • Classical music became popular with the growing middle class. • The novel became a popular form in literature

  5. Enlightened Despots Embrace New Ideas • Enlightened despot – rulers who used their power to bring about social change • 3 Enlightened Despots - Frederick II, Catherine the Great, & Joseph II

  6. Frederick II & Joseph II

  7. Lives of the Majority Change Slowly • Most Europeans were not affected by Enlightenment ideas • Most belonged to the peasant class and lived in small villages • By the end of the 1700’s some ideas of change began to be seen of equality and social justice

  8. As you read “New Ideas Challenge Society” and “Arts and Literature Reflect New Ideas,” complete the following concept web to categorize how Enlightenment ideas spread.

  9. As you read “Enlightened Despots Embrace New Ideas” and “Lives of the Majority Change Slowly,” complete the following concept web to summarize information about enlightened despots and their contributions.

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