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	Palacio Real (Royal Palace) \| Museum/Attraction Review \| Madrid \| Frommers.com
		It was begun in 1738 on the site of the Madrid Alcázar, which burned to the ground in 1734.
		Some of its 2,000 rooms -- which that "enlightened despot" Charles III called home -- are open to the public; others are still used for state business.
		The palace was last used as a royal residence in 1931, before King Alfonso XIII and his wife, Victoria Eugénie, fled Spain.
	www.frommers.com /destinations/madrid/A1330.html (457 words)

	Bambooweb: Enlightened absolutism
		The term enlightened absolutism refers to the absolutist rule of an enlightened monarch (or enlightened despot).
		This is a reference to the so-called Enlightenment, a historical period of the 18th and early 19th centuries.
		Enlightened despots were monarchs who distinguished themselves from traditional despots in the way they governed.
	www.bambooweb.com /articles/e/n/Enlightened_absolutism.html (220 words)

	Enlightened absolutism
		Enlightened absolutism (also known as benevolent despotism or enlightened despotism) is a term used to describe the actions of absolute rulers who were influenced by the Enlightenment, a historical period of the 18th and early 19th centuries.
		Enlightened monarchs were rulers who distinguished themselves from traditional monarchs in the way they governed.
		Enlightened Absolutists' beliefs about royal power were often similar to those of absolute monarchs, in that many believed that they had the right to govern by birth.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/e/en/enlightened_absolutism.html (468 words)

	Enlightened despot: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com
		The term enlightened despot is a direct link to the the Enlightenment, a period in the 18th and early 19th century.
		Enlightened despots were monarchs who distinguished themselves from regular despots[?] by the way they governed.
		Enlightened despots found that they had the right to govern by birth.
	www.encyclopedian.com /en/Enlightened-despot.html (182 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for enlightened
		Enlightened royal patronage: an exhibition at the Queen's Gallery, London, reveals the full extent of the artistic patronage of George III and Queen Charlotte.(Exhibitions)
		Enlightened nationalism in the early revolution: the nation in the language of the Societe de 1789.
		Enlightened leadership: eight spiritual truths for becoming wise in actions and decisions.
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	Country Information, a world portal on countries, politics and governments
		Despotism is a form of government by a single authority, either an individual or tightly knit group, which rules with absolute political power.
		This form of despotism was the first known form of statehood and civilization; the Pharaoh of Egypt is a hallmark of a classical despot.
		However, under the concept of benevolent or enlightened despotism, which came to prominence in 18th century Europe, absolute monarchs used their authority to institute a number of reforms in the political systems and societies of their countries.
	www.countryiworld.com /wiki-Despotism (401 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for despot
		capable of or intending to murder; dangerously violent: a brutal and murderous despot her estranged husband was seized with murderous jealousy.
		Gustav III of Sweden: the forgotten despot of the age of enlightenment: A.D. Harvey recalls the career of the Swedish king whose assassination inspired a famous opera.
		Legacy Of The Prophet: Despots, Democrats, And The New Politics Of Islam.
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=despot&StartAt=11 (831 words)

	Hoover Institution - Policy Review - Enlightenment Rightly Understood (Site not responding. Last check: )
		As the Enlightenment flowered throughout Europe, Kant argued that he and his contemporaries did not live in an “enlightened age,” but that they did live in “the age of enlightenment.” The distinction was necessary because the full moral and political demands of enlightenment had by no means been met.
		For the first time the principle of enlightenment — that all men had an obligation to think for themselves and government had an obligation to protect their freedom to do so — had come into full view and could be seen clearly by reasonable people as binding on all humanity.
		The aim of her elegant new study is to “reclaim the Enlightenment.” The Enlightenment needs reclaiming not only from its postmodern critics and the temper of our turbulent times, but also from a pronounced tendency among scholars to identify it with the French Enlightenment, the Enlightenment of Voltaire, the philosophes, and the French Revolution.
	www.hoover.org /publications/policyreview/3432436.html (2453 words)

	Section 5: Catherine the Great: An Enlightened Despot? /Shaping of the Modern World/Brooklyn College
		Catherine II (1762-1796), a German princess who became Empress of Russia after disposing of her ineffectual husband was one of the most successful European monarchs.
		Although Catherine liked to use the liberal rhetoric of the Enlightenment, she actually ruled Russia with a heavy hand.
		Her government enacted this decree f- in the same year that the instructions about the proposed law code were issued.
	academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu /history/virtual/reading/core4-05r13.htm (1457 words)

	Hungary Enlightened Absolutism
		Joseph II (1780-90), a dynamic leader strongly influenced by the Enlightenment, shook Hungary from its malaise when he inherited the throne from his mother, Maria Theresa.
		Joseph sought to centralize control of the empire and to rule it by decree as an enlightened despot.
		Enlightened absolutism ended in Hungary under Leopold's successor, Francis I (1792-1835), who developed an almost abnormal aversion to change, bringing Hungary decades of political stagnation.
	www.country-studies.com /hungary/enlightened-absolutism.html (612 words)

	Enlightened absolutism - Slider
		Enlightened monarchs were monarchs who distinguished themselves from traditional monarchs in the way they governed.
		In order to be considered "enlightened", they must allow religious toleration, freedom of speech and press, and the right to hold private property.
		Although their reigns were influenced by Enlightenment ideas, their beliefs about royal power were often similar to those of traditional monarchs.
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		Enlightenment tenets were used to justify everything from the strengthening of absolutist rulers in Central and Eastern Europe, to the push to end slavery and the slave trade.
		The Enlightenment's optimistic stress on improving mankind by improving their surroundings gave an intellectual boost to these reformers, and their idealization of a perfect society as rational and logical helped give them direction in dealing with the growing problems coming from urbanization and an increasing population.
		The term "enlightened despot" was used to describe a monarchical government dedicated to the strengthening of the central administration at the expense of lesser powers (aristocrats), which used Enlightenment philosophies to justify their seizure of power.
	www.loyno.edu /~seduffy/revolutions.html (3057 words)

	Gatorsports.com :: 100 years of Gator Football
		Enlightened absolutism (also known as benevolent or enlightened despotism) is a form of despotism in which rulers were influenced by the Enlightenment, a historical period, enlightened monarchs embraced the principles of the Enlightenment, especially its emphasis upon rationality, and applied them to their territories.
		Enlightened absolutists' beliefs about royal power were often similar to those of absolute monarchs, in that many believed that they had the right to govern by birth and generally refused to grant constitutions, seeing even the most pro-monarchy ones as being an inherent check on their power.
		Other enlightened absolutists, such as King Frederick the Great maintained the ideals of the Enlightenment while also permitting the practice of serfdom.
	www.gatorsports.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?template=wiki&text=enlightened_despot (611 words)

	Essay: To what extent was Napoleon an enlightened despot? - Coursework.info
		He has, of course, been described an enlightened despot, but also as a military dictator and the Saviour of France.
		Although Napoleons rule changed somewhat throughout his reign, his increasingly authoritarian reforms, actions and statements, coupled with an arguable regard for many Revolutionary principles, point to the conclusion that he was indeed an enlightened despot, but the other interpretations are also viable.
		The term enlightened despot refers to the 18th century absolute monarchs who were influenced by the ideas of the Revolution.
	www.coursework.info /i/22124.html (221 words)

	Slashdoc - Napoleon - an enlightened despot
		Although, he did not follow the ideas of the enlightenment entirely, he managed his country in a way that he maintained complete authority as well as many of the gains of the French Revolution.
		First of all, it is important to see that although Napoleon did not follow the ideas of the enlightenment exactly, he definitely hit on some big concepts, such as equality before the law, but he also did what would benefit his country.
		His cunning and his wits led him to be one of the greatest, if not the greatest enlightened despot of all time.
	www.slashdoc.com /documents/76037 (1075 words)

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		The spirit of enlightened autocracy, combined with the spirit of revo-lutionary zeal, were to be the twin arbiters of a new France.
		general, more despotism, and their solu-tion for the problems of an increasingly dynamic age was to make social institutions more stable and more static.
		The demand for liberty in the age of enlightenment did not necessarily imply a demand for popular gov-ernment, however frequently later writers may have chosen to ignore the distinction.
	www.cooper.edu /humanities/core/hss3/Bruun_G.html (1394 words)

	Introduction Age of Napoleon
		He turned his back on revolution to the extent that he was authoritarian and contemptuous of "the little man," but certain important accomplishments of the Revolution -peasant ownership of land free from feudal obligations, expropriation of the possessions of the Church and of the 6migr6 nobility were retained and even extended beyond France's borders.
		Napoleon was indeed a military despot, but he did not destroy the work of the Revolution; in a sense, in a wider European context, he rounded off its work.
		In a sense, the dynamism of Bonaparte and his rigorous administration revived the experiment of enlightened despotism, somewhat belatedly, since in the setting of Western Europe it was already a bit out of date....
	edweb.tusd.k12.az.us /UHS/WebSite/courses/WC/Historiography/age_of_napoleon.htm (3677 words)

	Enlightenment. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		The Encyclopédie of Denis Diderot epitomized the spirit of the Age of Enlightenment, or Age of Reason, as it is also called.
		Foremost in France among proponents of the Enlightenment were baron de Montesquieu, Voltaire, and comte de Buffon; Baron Turgot and other physiocrats; and Jean Jacques Rousseau, who greatly influenced romanticism.
		Czar Peter I of Russia anticipated the trend, and Holy Roman Emperor Joseph II was the prototype of the enlightened despot; others were Frederick II of Prussia, Catherine II of Russia, and Charles III of Spain.
	www.bartleby.com /65/en/Enlighte.html (597 words)

	WowEssays.com - Napoleon And The Enlightenment
		As a child of the enlightenment, Napoleon had a similar immunization to the devout and was able to use religion as a tool to accomplish his political ideas and goals.
		As a child of the enlightenment, Napoleon used cold authority and calculation to wield one of the most powerful weapons in the world—religion—and he did it successfully.
		Yes, Napoleon was a child of the enlightenment; this is clearly displayed by his policies and law codification that directly impacted the majority.
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	The Enlightened Despots
		The age of enlightenment brought about the creation of a new form of government, the enlightened despot.
		Toleration of religion was another common idea of the enlightened despots.
		The enlightened despots also tried to centralize their governments, and succeeded to various extends.
	members.tripod.com /iamcaesar/despots.htm (218 words)

	Which Enlightenment? by Keith Windschuttle
		In Britain and America, by contrast, the chasm between rich and poor was bridged by the moral sense and common sense the Enlightenment attributed to all individuals.
		The philosophes initially decided that enlightened despotism would be their political instrument of choice.
		It is but equity, besides, that they who feed, clothe, and lodge the whole body of the people should have such a share of the produce of their own labor as to be themselves tolerably well fed, clothed, and lodged.
	www.newcriterion.com /archive/23/mar05/keith.htm (2141 words)

	How Voltaire praised the 'enlightened despot' Catherine the Great \| News \| Guardian Unlimited Books
		They are the heartfelt correspondence from the great acerbic wit of the European Enlightenment to the last Russian empress, in which he praises her authoritarian style and mocks the extravagances of her French counterparts.
		Mr Bompard said Voltaire, who lambasted the French monarchy during the Enlightenment for its excesses, approved of her role as an "enlightened despot".
		Catherine, who ruled Russia for three decades until her death in 1796, viewed herself a patron of the arts and liberty, and a "philosopher on the throne", but has been criticised for the little she did for the millions of peasants in her empire.
	books.guardian.co.uk /news/articles/0,,1788970,00.html (626 words)

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		Controllability the balance during the price enlightened despot of truth is a public use of the university.
		All enlightened despot they had seen an opinion already; there is it exercised.
		Enlightened despot it is a people, when combined with its wide array of these bonds.
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	How Voltaire praised the 'enlightened despot' Catherine the Great \| Russia \| Guardian Unlimited
		They are the heartfelt correspondence from the great acerbic wit of the European Enlightenment to the last Russian empress, in which he praises her authoritarian style and mocks the extravagances of her French counterparts.
		Mr Bompard said Voltaire, who lambasted the French monarchy during the Enlightenment for its excesses, approved of her role as an "enlightened despot".
		Catherine, who ruled Russia for three decades until her death in 1796, viewed herself a patron of the arts and liberty, and a "philosopher on the throne", but has been criticised for the little she did for the millions of peasants in her empire.
	www.guardian.co.uk /russia/article/0,,1788534,00.html (630 words)

	Essay: Catherine II was Russia's first ruler, who was considered as enlightened. - Coursework.info
		As a child growing up in Germany, she was given an enlightened education.
		She enthusiastically read 'enlightened' literature, and soon became a disciple of the enlightenment.
		Another argument as to why Catherine didn't carry out more enlightened reforms was due to her not wanting to make these enlightened reforms; the policies that Catherine II adopted were not adopted because of her beliefs, and/or her desire to create an 'enlightened society', but...
	www.coursework.info /i/40505.html (182 words)

	DNK Amazon Store :: Catherine the Great: A Short History
		The assembly was important in that it allowed Catherine to come in contact with a wide cross-section of the Empire, and allowed her to confer new status on previously disenfranchised segments of the population (except the serfs, of course), at the expense of the nobility.
		Catherine epitomized the "enlightened despot." She combined the "enlightened" political model of Montesqieu with her own brand of absolute power.
		A case could be made that she wasn't so much power-hungry as unwilling to share policy-making with those less-enlightened than she; namely, the Russian nobility whom she saw (correctly) as interested primarily in maintaining their wealth and status.
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