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Spreading Enlightenment Through Literature and Salons

Learn how books, magazines, and salons influenced art, government, and society during the Enlightenment period in Europe. Dive into the role of key figures like Marie-Therese Geoffrin and their impact on spreading Enlightenment ideas. Discover the dominance of Baroque art and the revival of Neoclassical style. Explore the emergence of classical music with Mozart and Beethoven, and the evolving writing styles. Uncover the concept of Enlightenment despots, including Frederick the Great, Joseph II of Austria, and Catherine the Great of Russia, and their reforms in governance and society.

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Spreading Enlightenment Through Literature and Salons

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  1. The Enlightenment Spreads Chapter 6 Section 3

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

  3. Paris • Huge center for the Enlightenment

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

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

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

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

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

  9. Music • Classical Music emerged • Mozart • Beethoven

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

  11. 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

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

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

  14. 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

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