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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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