Enlightenment Ideas
by Leo Regalado
1. Enlightenment ideas spread all across Europe.
2. Salons: Informal Social Gatherings
2.1. Writers
2.2. Philosiphers
2.3. Artists
2.4. Most Respected Salon: Madame Geoffrin - Rue St. Honore
2.4.1. Brought Mozart
3. Baroque: Huge, Colorful, Exciting
4. Rococo: Light, Elegant, Charming
5. Ideas led to new forms of music.
5.1. Bach
5.2. Haydn
6. Censorship: Restriction of Ideas
6.1. Montesquieu and Voltaire
6.1.1. Disguised ideas in fiction.
6.1.2. Exposed hypocrisy of European society
7. Enlightened Despots: Absolute Rulers - Political, Social Change
7.1. Accepted the new Enlightened Ideas.
7.2. Frederick II (Prussia) -1740-1746
7.2.1. Reforms: Reduced Torture, Free Press
7.2.2. Fond of Voltaire's Work
7.2.3. Desired stronger monarchy and individual power
7.3. Catherine the Great (Russia)-1762
7.3.1. Also Praised Voltaire
7.3.2. Believed in equality and liberty
7.3.3. Expanded Russian Empire
7.4. Joseph II: Son of Theresa (Hapsburg)
7.4.1. Equality for protestants and Jews
7.4.2. Sold monasteries, abolished serfdom