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05 PARLIAMENTARIANISM AND ENLIGHTENED DESPOTISM
ABSOLUTISM AND PARLIAMENTARIANISM
The 18th century
is the end
of the Modern Age
and the beginning
of the Contemporary Age
from a political
point of view
absolute monarchies
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PARLIAMENTARY REPUBLICAN POLITICAL SYSTEMS
Parliamentary republican political systems
remained in place
in some parts of Europe
they were governed
by members of the nobility
and wealthy middle class
elected by local assemblies.
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2 ENLIGHTENED DESPOTISM
Enlightened despotism
was a variant
of absolutism that incorporated
‘trickledown’ reforms
inspired by the Enlightenment.
this model
was implemented in various
european countries starting
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CATHERINE ‘THE GREAT’ (1729–1796)
empress of Russia
between 1762 and 1796
was an example
of enlightened despotism
she was in contact
with the most important Enlightenment thinkers
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she only implemented
the reformist ideas
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