French Revolution

Social Organisation

a pattern of relationships between and among individuals and group of people.

Social contract

the agreement made between the ruler and the ruled defining the duties and rights of each.

Absolutism

a political theory and form of government where unlimited power is held by a centralised sorveign individual.

Enlightened absolutism

same with an absolute monarch, inspired by the enlightened ideas.

Revolution

A forcible overthrow of a government or social order in favour of a new system.

Feudalism

A system of political organization after the fall of the Roman Empire in the Middle Ages. Ranked high to low: King, Vassals, Lesser nobles and knights, serfs.

Humanism

The possibility of living a good life without following a traditional religion but depending solely on the morality of a human.

The Age of Enlightenment

A movement that favored reason and coordination over superstition and blind faith.