the age of aristocracy history 104 / february 4, 2013
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The Age of Aristocracy History 104 / February 4, 2013. An English “ country house ” : Blenheim (built ca. 1705-1724). Belton House, Lincolnshire (built 1685-88). The Enclosure movement: consolidating agricultural property. A productive aristocracy. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
The Age of AristocracyHistory 104 / February 4, 2013
An English “country house”: Blenheim (built ca. 1705-1724)
Belton House, Lincolnshire (built 1685-88)
The Enclosure movement:
consolidating agricultural property
A productive aristocracy
A fancy, free-spending German state:the Dresden palace of the Elector of Saxony
Charlottenburg palace, Berlin
(built by Frederick I,Prussia’s first king)
Friedrich Wilhelm IKing in Prussia, 1713-1740
The “Soldier King”
Friedrich Wilhelm’s “long fellows”
Friedrich IIKing of Prussia, 1740-1786
“Frederick the Great”
Brandenburg-Prussia in 1618
Brandenburg-Prussia in 1648
Brandenburg-Prussia in 1763
Frederick’s palace in Potsdam: “Sans souci”
Court culture at Potsdam
Peter IEmperor of Russia,1682-1725
“Peter the Great”
St. Petersburg shortly after its founding in 1703
Catherine IIEmpress of Russia, 1762-1796
“Catherine the Great”
The Pugachev rebellion, 1773-75
Gregory Potemkin (1739-1791)
The “Potemkin stairs” in Odessa, Ukraine (founded 1794)
Coffee houses
A French salon