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22 An Age of Absolutism? 22 An Age of Absolutism?
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23 Contemporary Perceptions: From Reconstruction to Early Enlightenment 23 Contemporary Perceptions: From Reconstruction to Early Enlightenment
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24 The Smaller Territories 24 The Smaller Territories
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25 Austria and Brandenburg-Prussia 25 Austria and Brandenburg-Prussia
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26 The Revival of the Court and the Development of Territorial Government 26 The Revival of the Court and the Development of Territorial Government
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27 The Court: Its Culture, its Functions, and its Critics 27 The Court: Its Culture, its Functions, and its Critics
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28 The Development of Military Power 28 The Development of Military Power
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29 Princes and Estates 29 Princes and Estates
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30 An Oppressed Peasantry? 30 An Oppressed Peasantry?
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31 Government and Society 31 Government and Society
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32 Government and Economic Development 32 Government and Economic Development
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33 Public and Private Enterprise 33 Public and Private Enterprise
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34 Christian Polities: Baroque Catholicism 34 Christian Polities: Baroque Catholicism
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35 Christian Polities: The Territories of the Reichskirche 35 Christian Polities: The Territories of the Reichskirche
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36 Christian Polities: Protestant Orthodoxy and Renewal 36 Christian Polities: Protestant Orthodoxy and Renewal
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37 From Coexistence to Toleration? 37 From Coexistence to Toleration?
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38 Enlightenment and Patriotism 38 Enlightenment and Patriotism
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III The German Territories, c.1648–c.1760
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Published:November 2011
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Abstract
This section argues that absolutism is an inappropriate label to attach to the German territories. Government activity expanded in the face of the need for reconstruction after 1648 and new ideas about the nature of government developed in the early Aufklärung (German Enlightenment). Conditions varied between Austria and Brandenburg-Prussia and smaller counties, knights' territories and imperial cities. The period saw a renewal of the court as a central agency of government (manifested in the construction of new castles and palaces in the baroque style), the development of armies, new relationships between princes and their subjects, and developments in both government and private economic enterprise. Rulers sought to impose confessional uniformity and to control phenomena such as Catholic popular piety or Pietism (Spener) and Protestant revivalism. Ideas of religious toleration emerged, reacting against the confessional conflicts of the past, as well as new forms of territorial patriotism.
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