The Enlightenment Spreads Chapter 6-3 Goals and Objectives Upon completion students should be able...
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The Enlightenment Spreads Chapter 6-3
The Enlightenment Spreads Chapter 6-3 Goals and Objectives Upon completion students should be able to: 1)Explain how Enlightenment ideas spread throughout
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.
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New ideas Enlightenment ideas spread through the Western world
and profoundly influence the arts and government
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A World of Ideas Paris becomes center of Enlightenment during
1700s City is home to salons gathering where thinkers discuss
ideas
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Diderots Encyclopedia Denis Diderot begins publishing his work
in 1751 Encyclopedia is a set of books in which thinkers
contributed essays
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Angers French government and the Catholic church Helps spread
ideas of the Enlightenment
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New Artistic Ideas Neoclassical Ideas styles based on
Greek/Roman ideas Pre-Enlightenment art style was baroque grand,
ornate design
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Classical music emerges lighter, more elegant than earlier
style Mozart, Haydn, and Beethoven
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Novel emerges works of fiction with detailed plots and
characters
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Enlightenment Despots Enlightenment Despots monarchs who
embrace enlightenment values to strengthen their rule
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Frederick the Great Frederick II, King of Prussia, reforms
education and justice system Grants religious freedom, abolishes
torture, fails to end serfdom
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Joseph II Joseph II of Austria allows freedom of worship and
press Abolishes serfdom, but the practice is reinstated after his
death
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Catherine the Great Enlightenment ruler of Russia,1762 1796
Seeks to abolish capital punishment and torture, but effort
fails
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Responds to peasant revolt by giving more power to the nobles
over serfs
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Successfully expands Russian Empire Gains port access for
Russia by capturing northern coast of the Black Sea
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Seizes large parts of Poland, increasing empires size
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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?