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