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PARLIAMENTARIANISM AND ENLIGHTENED DESPOTISM, systems, development,…
PARLIAMENTARIANISM AND ENLIGHTENED DESPOTISM
ABSOLUTE MONARCHIES
support the superiority of the king’s power
characteristics
permanent army under the king
royal treasury
raise revenue
marginalisation of the courts
parliaments structured in estates
growing centralisation of
political and administrative decisions
in royal courts and monarchy’s government bodies
PARLIAMENTARY MONARCHIES
made up of
local corporations
wealthy classes
major landowners
England main example
Glorious Revolution in 1688
absolutist claims of the Stuart dynasty lost
new monarchs
Mary II
William III of Orange
condition: to sign the Bill of Rights
limit the monarch’s power
develop
institutional
legal
remain stable in the 18th century
major economic and social changes in England
Great Britain based on political context
PARLIAMENTARY REPUBLICAN POLITICAL SYSTEMS
common in
Holy Empire
Italian Peninsula
achieve high levels of
economic
cultural
governed by
members of the nobility
wealthy middle class
elect by local assemblies
weak against
exception: United Provinces, own colonial empire
military power of the great monarchies
ENLIGHTENED DESPOTISM
monarchs thought
help them govern more efficiently
enlightenment ideas
happiness
universal progress
important Enlightenment thinkers worked as
ministers
government advisers
Academies
interests of despotic governments
sciences and arts promoted in courts
carried out studies and projects
variant of absolutism
not decrease the monarchs' power
incorporate ‘trickledown’ reforms
ADDITIONAL REFORMS
Political reforms
strengthen the territorial power of kings
provincial government reorganised
Economic reforms
improvements
agriculture
crafts and commerce
communication routes
manual workers were taught
increase income from the royal estate
Regalist reforms
regalists: own entity
gain privileges within the Church
CATHERINE ‘THE GREAT’ (1729–1796)
implement reformist ideas to strengthen her power
reformed central and provincial government
in contact with Enlightenment thinkers
created different courts
middle class
free peasants
noblemen
serfs: administrate justice by masters
systems
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development
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rationalise how monarchies function to improve their bodies
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