The Age of Absolutism, 1660-1815 |
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administrative affairs Age of Absolutism American ancien régime aristocracy army Austria authority Bohemia Britain British central Charles Charles III Christianity Church colonies commerce Controller-General Controller-General of finance Council court Crown Culture despite dominant dynasty economic Edited eighteenth century Empire England enlightened despotism Essays Estates Europe European existed fact favour feudal fiscal foreign France Frederick French Revolution German Habsburg History Hungarian Hungary ideas Illus important industrial institutions Intro Introduction J. H. HEXTER JOHN Joseph King lands latter legislation Louis XIV MARTIN BUBER Medieval ment middle military ministers modern monarch Napoleonic nobility nobles officers Parlements peasants period Peter Philip Philosophy Poland political population Portugal privileges provinces reforms reign Religion religious remained Renaissance revenues revolutionary rôle royal RUDOLF BULTMANN rule Russia Science serfdom serfs seventeenth century social society SOREN KIERKEGAARD Spain Spanish succession taxation taxes territorial tion trade western whole