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. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.