Enlightened absolutism

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Enlightened absolutism was a form of monarchy in 18th-century Europe in which rulers embraced certain Enlightenment ideas—such as legal reform, religious tolerance, and rational administration—while retaining absolute political power.

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Label Occurrences
Enlightened absolutism canonical 10
Josephinism 3
Age of Absolutism 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf form of government ⓘ
monarchy ⓘ
political doctrine ⓘ
aimedAt economic development ⓘ
modernization of the state ⓘ
strengthening central power ⓘ
appliesToPeriod 18th century ⓘ
appliesToRegion Europe ⓘ
associatedWithPolicy abolition or limitation of torture ⓘ
administrative centralization ⓘ
economic liberalization measures ⓘ
reform of serfdom ⓘ
religious reforms reducing church privileges ⓘ
religious toleration edicts ⓘ
state-sponsored education reforms ⓘ
basedOn Enlightenment ⓘ
characterizedBy absolute monarchy ⓘ
bureaucratic reform ⓘ
centralized authority ⓘ
codification of laws ⓘ
legal reform ⓘ
promotion of education ⓘ
rational administration ⓘ
religious tolerance ⓘ
state control over church ⓘ
contrastsWith constitutional monarchy ⓘ
traditional absolutism ⓘ
critiquedBy liberal constitutionalists ⓘ
republican thinkers ⓘ
declinedIn early 19th century ⓘ
developedInContextOf Age of Enlightenment ⓘ
emergedFrom crisis of traditional absolutism ⓘ
hasAlternativeName benevolent despotism ⓘ
enlightened absolutist monarchy ⓘ
enlightened despotism ⓘ
hasExample reign of Catherine II of Russia ⓘ
reign of Charles III of Spain ⓘ
reign of Frederick II of Prussia ⓘ
reign of Gustav III of Sweden ⓘ
reign of Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ
reign of Maria Theresa of Austria ⓘ
hasGoal enhance welfare of subjects ⓘ
increase state efficiency ⓘ
hasKeyConcept “ruler as first servant of the state” ⓘ
influencedBy natural law theory ⓘ
physiocracy ⓘ
rationalism ⓘ
social contract theory ⓘ
maintains absolute political power of the monarch ⓘ

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Referenced by (17)

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Age of Enlightenment → hasPart → Enlightened absolutism ⓘ
Bernhard von Galen → historicalPeriod → Age of Absolutism ⓘ
linked to: Enlightened absolutism
Charles III of Spain → movement → Enlightened absolutism ⓘ
Austrian Habsburg Monarchy → reformPeriod → Josephinism ⓘ
linked to: Enlightened absolutism
Austrian Habsburg Monarchy → reformPeriod → Enlightened absolutism ⓘ
Great Northern War → historicalPeriod → Age of Absolutism ⓘ
linked to: Enlightened absolutism
Gallicanism → relatedConcept → Josephinism ⓘ
linked to: Enlightened absolutism
Enlightenment philosophy → relatedTo → Enlightened absolutism ⓘ
Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor → politicalIdeology → Enlightened absolutism ⓘ
Edict of Tolerance → follows → Josephinism ⓘ
linked to: Enlightened absolutism
Serfdom Patent (1781) → historicalPeriod → Enlightened Absolutism ⓘ
linked to: Enlightened absolutism
Catholic Enlightenment → relatedConcept → Enlightened absolutism ⓘ
European Enlightenment → influenced → Enlightened absolutism ⓘ
Italian Enlightenment → relatedConcept → Enlightened absolutism ⓘ
Untertanenpatent → historicalContext → Enlightened absolutism ⓘ
Leibeigenschaftspatent → associatedWith → Enlightenment reforms ⓘ
linked to: Enlightened absolutism
Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor → movement → Enlightened absolutism ⓘ
subject linked to: Peter Leopold