How much did the enlightenment change monarchies? Pic definitely related.
The enlightenment was a mistake.
>>560408
It changed in France, that's for sure :^)
>>560408
The monarch that was most influenced by Enlightenment ideas (after Frederich arguably) was Catherine the Great. She was not only an avid reader of philosophy but also was a personal friend of Voltaire who spent some time in Russia.
Catherine's Russia was also one of the main powers who took up arms against the Revolutionary regime in France, and hosted many prominent emigres and counter-revolutionary key figures.
You draw your own conclusions from this.
>>560408
Every Constitutional Monarchy (the only kind that exist in europe anymore) has its roots in the enlightenment. They had to make democratic compromises to survive.
It gave way to Atheism, Communism, Socialism, Marxism, Liberalism, Feminism, Homosexuality, Darwinism, Humanism, Racism. etc
Enlightenment was Satan's answer to the Reformation which brought a revival of Biblical truth.
>>560454
still salty i see
>>560408
It enlightened monarchs with their heads.
>>560454
The reformation was a huge enlightenment enabler though.
Ergo reformation is Satanism :^)
>>560473
>defending the Illuminati and Jacobins
Literally siding with the devil.
>>560408
Totally and completely. It gave way to free expression and debate as well as the notion of progress which led to alternative forms of government.
>>560408
Good in a way but a little footnote to Frederick the Great.
He was completely arbitrary in some things. Like settling a case between a miller and a landowner without looking at the evidence just plain favoring the lower class miller.
>>560408
It stopped the trend of monarchies becoming absolutist regimes before it was too late.
>>560443
Actually, she hadn't achieved anything good. She never did any steps towards capitalism, she hadn't lifted the burden of the serfdom.
The only good russian monarch of 18 century was Pavel.
