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Contents

10.1 The Crisis of Classic Absolutism.............................................................................................. 258

10.1.1 A Century of Transformation....................................................................................

258

10.1.2 The “Philosophes” and the Kings.............................................................................. 259

10.1.3 Absolutism vs. Despotism......................................................................................... 260

10.2 A New Legitimacy: From Christian to Secular Monarchs....................................................... 260

10.3 Enlightened Reformism or the New Spirit of Absolute Power................................................. 264

10.3.1 The State: From Guardian of Order to Protector, Educator and Reformer.. 264

10.3.2 The “Depatrimonialization” of the Monarchy and the Transformation

of the State................................................................................................................. 267

10.4 Enlightened Absolutism and the “Rule of Law”...................................................................... 270

10.4.1 The Enlightened Monarchs and the Law.................................................................. 270

10.4.2 Frederick II's Sonderweg........................................................................................... 272

10.4.3 The Rationalization of the Legal System.................................................................. 273

10.5 The Expansion of Enlightened Absolutism in Eighteenth Century Europe: The Great

Enlightenment Monarchs............................................................................................................. 274

10.5.1 The Austrian and the Prussian Models and Its Reception in Russia...................... 274

10.5.2 Portugal in the Pombal Era..................................................................................... 276

10.5.3 The Eighteenth Century Revolution in Spain............................................................ 277

10.5.4 The French and British Exceptions............................................................................ 279

References........................................................................................................................................... 281

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Source: Aguilera-Barchet Bruno. A History of Western Public Law. Between Nation and State. Springer,2015. — 788 p.. 2015

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