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Censorship
restricting access to ideas and information
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Salons
informal social gatherings at which writers, philosophes, and others exchanged ideas
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Baroque
ornate style of art and architecture popular in the 1600's and 1700's
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Rococo
personal, elegant style of art and architecture made popular during the mid-1700's that featured designs with the shapes of leaves, shells, and flowers
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Enlightened Despots
absolute rulers who used their power to bring about political and social change
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Frederick the Great
exerted extremely tight control over his subjects during his reign as king of Prussia from 1740-1786
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Catherine the Great
became empress of Russia in 1762, made some limited reforms in law and government, and abolished torture and established religious tolerance
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Joseph II
son of Maria Theresa, the most radical of the enlightened despots, traveled in disguise among hsi subjects to learn of their problems
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