2. The Enlightenment Spreads Chapter 6-3

3. Goals and Objectives Upon completion students should be able to: 1)Explain how Enlightenment ideas spread throughout Europe. 2)Describe changes in art, music and literature during the Enlightenment. 3)Show how the Enlightenment ideas reformed European monarchies.

4. New ideas Enlightenment ideas spread through the Western world and profoundly influence the arts and government

5. A World of Ideas Paris becomes center of Enlightenment during 1700’s City is home to salons – gathering where thinkers discuss ideas

6. Diderot’s Encyclopedia Denis Diderot begins publishing his work in 1751 Encyclopedia is a set of books in which thinkers contributed essays

7. Angers French government and the Catholic church Helps spread ideas of the Enlightenment

8. New Artistic Ideas Neoclassical Ideas – styles based on Greek/Roman ideas Pre-Enlightenment art style was baroque – grand, ornate design

9. Classical music emerges – lighter, more elegant than earlier style Mozart, Haydn, and Beethoven

10. Novel emerges works of fiction with detailed plots and characters

11. Enlightenment Despots Enlightenment Despots – monarchs who embrace enlightenment values to strengthen their rule

12. Frederick the Great Frederick II, King of Prussia, reforms education and justice system Grants religious freedom, abolishes torture, fails to end serfdom

13. Joseph II Joseph II of Austria allows freedom of worship and press Abolishes serfdom, but the practice is reinstated after his death

14. Catherine the Great Enlightenment ruler of Russia,1762 – 1796 Seeks to abolish capital punishment and torture, but effort fails

15. Responds to peasant revolt by giving more power to the nobles over serfs

16. Successfully expands Russian Empire Gains port access for Russia by capturing northern coast of the Black Sea

17. Seizes large parts of Poland, increasing empire’s size

18. Review exercise Answer the following question? 1. What factors allowed the Enlightenment to spread? List and explain them 2. What city was considered to be the center of the Enlightenment? Why was this? 3. What specific changes were seen in art, literature and music as a result of the Enlightenment? 4. What were Enlightenment despots? 5. What changes were attempted by some of the Enlightenment despots?