The Enlightenment Spreads Chapter 6 Section 3

Enlightenment Spreads Books Magazines Newspapers Pamphlets Political songs Word of Mouth All helped influence anything from art to government

Paris Huge center for the Enlightenment

Salons A social gathering, typically held in a wealthy home Intellects met to discuss ideas

Marie-Therese Geoffrin Influential Salon Hostess She helped finance Denis Diderot’s first Encyclopedia project.

Encyclopedia Large set of books in which many leading scholars contributed articles. Helped to spread Enlightenment ideas to all educated people around Europe.

Baroque Dominated the style of art in the 1600s and 1700s. Elaborate, grand, ornate design

Neoclassical Artistic style of the late 1700s Bringing back classical ideas from Greece and Rome

Music Classical Music emerged Mozart Beethoven

Writing Writing also changed Everyday language Entertaining stories Carefully crafted plots Suspense Explored characters’ thoughts and feelings

Enlightenment Despots Despot means “absolute ruler” Many thinkers of the period believed monarchs that respected the people was the best government Rulers who tried to do this became known as Enlightenment Despots

Frederick the Great of Prussia Granted many religious freedoms Reduced censorship Improved education Abolished the use of torture

Joseph II of Austria Legal reforms Freedom of the press Freedom of worship Ended serfdom and ordered peasants be paid cash for their labor

Catherine the Great of Russia Formed a commission to… Religious toleration Abolished torture and capital punishment Limited reforms actually passed Greatly increased Russia’s size