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