1. Absolutism and Enlightenment in Europe, 1600 – 1763
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Absolutism and Enlightenment in Europe, 1600 – 1763
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2. 1. The Age of Absolutism A. The French Model of Absolute Government
1. Roots of French absolutism
2. Louis XIV and the consolidation of absolutism
B. Absolutism in Central Europe
1. Austria’s multinational absolutism
2. Prussia absolutism: nobility and monarchy
3. Social basis of European absolutism
C. The English Alternative to Absolutism
1. Parliament versus the king
2. The English Civil War and Puritan Revolution
3. The Stuart Restoration and Glorious Revolution
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3. 2. Europe’s Intellectual Revolution
A. The Scientific Revolution
1. The spread of scientific knowledge
2. New scientific perspectives
3. Galileo’s discoveries and Newton’s synthesis
B. The Enlightenment
1. New perspectives on governance
2. The Philosophes: progress and social justice
3. Gender and the Enlightenment
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4. 3. Absolutism and Enlightenment
A. Absolutism and Enlightenment in Prussia and Austria
1. Frederick the Great
2. Maria Theresa
3. Joseph II
B. Unenlightened Monarchy in England and France
1. England
2. France
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5. The Hall Of Mirrors, Palace Of Versailles
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The Hall Of Mirrors, Palace Of Versailles
The Hall of Mirrors in Louis XIV's magnificent palace at Versailles. This photo captures the wealth and power of the man who became Europe's most famous practitioner of royal absolutism.

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Richelieu.

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Louis XIV.

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Prussian soldiers.

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Oliver Cromwell.

12. A 1667 representation of the Copernican view of the universe.
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A 1667 representation of the Copernican view of the universe.

13. Title page from Novvum Organum.
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Title page from Novvum Organum.

14. Galileo's view of the moon.
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Galileo's view of the moon.

15. Title page of Leviathan.
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Title page of Leviathan.

16. Illustration from the Encyclopedia.
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Illustration from the Encyclopedia.

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Voltaire.

18. Schöbrunn Palace in Vienna, the summer residence of the Habsburgs.
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Schöbrunn Palace in Vienna, the summer residence of the Habsburgs.

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