Relier Pairs The XVIIIth centuryVersion en ligne Absolutism, Enlightenment and parliamentarism par Gehistart Artgeo 1 Absolutism 2 Manufactures: guilds and domestic system 3 Trade: growth due to colonial expansion and increased demand 4 Enlightened despotism 5 Demography (high mortality and birth rate) 6 Estates of the real (society of estates) 7 Balance of powers 8 Enlightened thinking Reforms in politics, society, economy and culture Egalitarian society; form of government with citizen participation; deism; physiocracy; instruction (education)