Eighteenth-Century Enlightened Rulers Were Not Always "Enlightened," but They Were

question 34

True/False

Eighteenth-century enlightened rulers were not always "enlightened," but they were also hindered in instituting necessary reforms because of the power still held by the hereditary aristocracy.

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