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