The Enlightenment Spreads, Section 3
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 paris | the cultural and intellectual capital of europe |
| diderot | encyclopedia -collection of articles and essays -began publishing in 1751 |
| catholic church and french government | banned encyclopedia which made people want it more |
| encyclopedia, newspapers, songs, pamphlets | helped spread the enlightenment ideals across europe |
| baroque | grand, ornate |
| neoclassical | new classical, borrowed ideas and themes from classical greece and rome |
| neoclassical music | lighter, more elegant |
| Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven | 3 neoclassical musicians |
| novels | new form of literature |
| richardson | wrote 1st english novel |
| enlightened despots | embraced new ideas and made reforms based on enlightenment ideas |
| enlightened despots | make their countries stronger, make their rule more effective |
| frederick the great | -granted religious freedom -reduced censorship -improved education -reformed justice system -abolished use of torture -"servant of the state" |
| Joseph II | Austria -legal reforms -freedom of the press -freedom of worship -abolished serfdom -peasants be paid in cash |
| catherine the great | Russia -recommended religious toleration -abolishing torture -against capital punishment -none of this happened |
| Catherine | expanded empire-wanted access to black sea |
| Partition of poland | disappeared from map of europe |
| russia, prussia, austria | took poland |
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