Power and Enlightenment: Europe 1648-1789

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A study of European history from the Treaty of Westphalia to the French Revolution, emphasizing the contrast between political and military developments, and cultural and intellectual trends. Special emphasis on the development of absolutism in France, Prussia, Austria, Spain, and Russia; the struggle against absolutism in Britain, Sweden, and the Netherlands; the ideals and goals of the European enlightenment, developing social and political tensions, and enlightened despotism.