Syllabus of a Course of Twelve Lectures on the Enlightened Despotism of the Eighteenth, Century in Europe (Classic Reprint) - Tapa blanda

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The internal administration of Frederick: his measures for restoring prosperity; paternal government; Frederick's attitude towards agriculture, manufactures and commerce; his attempt to improve farming; distribution of seeds and introduction of the potato; his encouragement of colonists; establishment of land-banks; Frederick regarded the material prosperity of the people as the chief aim of his administration.

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Excerpt from Syllabus of a Course of Twelve Lectures on the Enlightened Despotism of the Eighteenth, Century in Europe

1. - The Period and the Characteristics of the Enlightened Despotism in Europe during the Eighteenth Century; Administrative Reform; the Despots and their Ministers.

2. - Frederick the Great of Prussia; Efforts for Material Prosperity.

3. - Catherine of Russia; Codification and Legal Reform.

4. - Joseph of Austria; Toleration in Religion.

5. - The Despots and their Ministers in Southern Europe; the Grand Duke Leopold of Tuscany, Tanucci in Naples, Charles III of Spain, Pombal in Portugal.

6. - The Despots and their Ministers in Northern Europe; Gustavus III of Sweden, Struensee and Bernstorff in Denmark, the Margrave Charles Frederick of Baden.

7. - Voltaire, the Champion of Humanitarianism.

8. - The Campaign against Serfdom and Infringements of Personal Liberty.

9. - The Physiocrats; Attempts to Abolish Restrictions on the Freedom of Industry and Trade; Turgot.

10. - Efforts Aid the Afflicted; Improvement in the Treatment of the Insane, the Deaf-Mutes and the Blind; Hospital Reform.

11. - Efforts to Aid the Unfortunate; Prison Reform; the Problem of Mendicancy; Count Rumford in Bavaria.

12. Development of Education; Organization of Charity; the Transition from Medieval to Modern Society.

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