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Enlightenment Spreads

Enlightenment Spreads. Ms. Ramos. Why would the Churches and monarchs try to stop the spread of ideas with censorship?. http://www.clipartpal.com/clipart/school/schooldesk_266895.html. Ms. Ramos. Why would the Churches and monarchs try to stop the spread of ideas with censorship?.

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Enlightenment Spreads

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  1. Enlightenment Spreads Ms. Ramos

  2. Why would the Churches and monarchs try to stop the spread of ideas with censorship? http://www.clipartpal.com/clipart/school/schooldesk_266895.html Ms. Ramos

  3. Why would the Churches and monarchs try to stop the spread of ideas with censorship? Because they challenged their authority! http://www.clipartpal.com/clipart/school/schooldesk_266895.html Ms. Ramos

  4. New ways to spread ideas • Novels • Salons Ms. Ramos

  5. http://www.staugustine.net/persian%20letters.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Candide1759.jpg Ms. Ramos

  6. A Parisian Salon Ms. Ramos http://www.pptpalooza.net/

  7. Madame Geoffrin’s Salon http://www.pptpalooza.net/ Ms. Ramos

  8. The Salonnieres Madame Geoffrin(1699-1777) MadameSuzanne Necker(1739-1794) MademoiselleJulie de Lespinasse(1732*-1776) Ms. Ramos http://www.pptpalooza.net/

  9. An Increase in Reading Ms. Ramos http://www.pptpalooza.net/

  10. Other Female Salons • Wealthy Jewish women created nine of the fourteen salons in Berlin. • In Warsaw, Princess ZofiaCzartoryska gathered around her the reform leaders of Poland-Lithuania. • Middle-class women in London used their salons to raise money to publish women’s writings. Ms. Ramos

  11. Art & Lit Reflect New Ideas • Painters: lighter & more informal rococo style • Composers: classical & rococo • Lit: novel -long stories about their own times Ms. Ramos Ms. Ramos

  12. Baroque Art Ms. Ramos http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Rubens_Adoration.jpg

  13. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baroque Ms. Ramos

  14. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Trevi_Fountain,_Rome,_Italy_2_-_May_2007.jpghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Trevi_Fountain,_Rome,_Italy_2_-_May_2007.jpg Ms. Ramos

  15. Ms. Ramos http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Estasi_di_Santa_Teresa.jpg

  16. Roccoco Ms. Ramos http://www.essential-architecture.com/STYLE/250px-BoucherRococo.jpg

  17. Music Handel http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Frideric_Handel Bach Mozart http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Sebastian_Bach http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfgang_Amadeus_Mozart Ms. Ramos

  18. Despots Embrace New Ideas • Some absolute rulers of the time adopted limited reforms • Religious tolerance • Monarchs were not willing to share their power Ms. Ramos

  19. Prussia Reforms Limitations • Frederick II, had duty to rule with absolute power • Also strongly influenced by ideas of Voltaire • Built powerful military, introduced reforms • Elementary education for all children • Abolished torture • Supported most forms of religious tolerance • Reduced censorship • No religious tolerance for Jews • Opposed serfdom, did not abolish • Did not make reforms to achieve justice but to make own rule more powerful Enlightenment Ideas Spread The spirit of optimism quickly spread throughout Europe. A few monarchs became enlightened despots, changing their systems of government and ruling according to Enlightenment ideas. Ms. Ramos

  20. Enlightenment Ideas Spread • Russia • Catherine II became ruler, 1762 • Dreamed of establishing order, justice, supporting education, culture • Read works of, corresponded with Voltaire, Diderot • Reforms • Drafted Russian constitution, code of laws • Considered too liberal, never put into practice • Limitations • Intended to free serfs, but would lose support of wealthy landowners • Catherine had no intention of giving up power • Became tyrant, imposed serfdom on more Russians than ever before Ms. Ramos

  21. Enlightenment Ideas Spread Most radical enlightened despot, Austria • Joseph II, became emperor 1780 • Ambitious reform program • Eliminated torture, death penalty • Provided free food, medicine for poor • Granted religious tolerance to Protestants and Jews • Abolished serfdom, laborers to be paid • Changes resisted by nobility, church Ms. Ramos

  22. Despots Catherine the Great Joseph II Frederick the Great http://www.internetstones.com/image-files/catherine-the-great-empress-of-russia.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_II,_Holy_Roman_Emperor Ms. Ramos http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_II_of_Prussia

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  24. Reforms Revolutions • Belief in progress spurred many to enact reforms • Believed reason could solve any problem, debated ways to make society more just • Did not accept poverty, ignorance, inequality as facts of life • Ideas about power, authority inspired reforms and revolutions • American colonists inspired to break free from British monarchy • Colonists strongly influenced by political views of Locke, Rousseau Enlightenment Ideas Spread • Challenged Beliefs • Writers, philosophers questioned ideas long held as absolute truth • Challenged beliefs in absolute monarchies • Questioned relationship between church and sate • Debated rules and rights of people in society • Promoted ideas reformers and revolutionaries would later use to change society

  25. Draw Conclusions How successful were the reforms of the enlightened despots? Answer(s): They were successful but limited by political opposition.

  26. Majority slowly changes • Late 1700s Enlightenment reaches peasants • Ideas w/ war and economic troubles brings revolt Ms. Ramos

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