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censorship
- restricting access to ideas & information
- caused philsophers to create satires
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salons
informal social gatherings at which writers, artists, philosophes, ect. of any social class exchanged ideas
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baroque
- ornate, bold style of painting
- depicted religious & political figures/events
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rococo
- light, elegant, & charming form of art
- imaginative & pastel colors
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enlightened despots
absolute rulers who used their power to bring about political & social change
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Fredrick the Great
- king of Prusia w/tightly controlled gov
- REFORM: allowed free press
- REFORM: religious tolerance
- REFORM: reduce use of torture
- REFORM: reorganized gov
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Catherine the Great
- empress of Russia
- REFORM: abolished torture
- REFORM: religious tolerance
- REFORM: gave nobles charter of rights
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Joseph II
- traveled in disguise to learn the problems of his subjects
- REFORM: religious tolerance
- REFORM: ended censorship, free press
- REFORM: sold unused property to supporters of charity
- REFORM: abolished serfdom
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