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Government in the Age of Enlightenment

• Russia
• Austria
• Prussia
• Poland

Government in the Age of Enlightenment

• Russia
  • Peter the Great and the Rise of Russia, 1682-1725, various accounts [At this Site]
  • Catherine the Great of Russia: Various Documents on Enlightenment and Government, excerpts [At this Site]
• Austria
  • Luise Gottsched: Description of the Empress Maria Theresa, 1749 [At this Site]
  • Frederick II of Prussia (1740-1786): Essay on Forms of Government, excerpts [At this Site]
  • Frederick II of Prussia (1740-1786): Political Testament, excerpts [At Then again]
  • Joseph II of Austria: Ideals [At Internet Archive, from CCNY]
• Prussia
  • The Decline of the Holy Roman Empire and the Rise of Prussia, 1700-1786  [At this Site] Contains:
    • Samuel Pufendorf: History of the Principal Kingdoms, 1700
    • Count von Seckendorf: On Frederick William I
    • Isaac Isaacsohn: History of the Prussian Civil Service
    • Letters of Prince Frederick and Frederick William I
    • Frederick II (1740-1786): Memoirs
    • Frederick II (1740-1786): Essay on Froms of Government
• Poland
  • The Division of Poland, 1772, 1793, 1795   [At this Site]

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