Age of Freedom
Swedish history
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- development of parliamentary rule
- In Sweden: The Age of Freedom (1718–72)
This period saw a transition from absolutism to a parliamentary form of government. The real reason for the change was the complete failure of the policy of “greatness” connected with the Carolingian absolutism. According to the constitutional laws of 1720–23, the…
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role of
- Horn
- In Arvid Bernhard, Count Horn
…role in beginning Sweden’s 18th-century Age of Freedom—a 52-year period of parliamentary rule.
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- Ulrika Eleonora
- In Ulrika Eleonora
…reign (1718–20) led to Sweden’s Age of Freedom—a 52-year decline of absolutism in favour of parliamentary government.
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