Audibly Speaking: Listening to History

Audibly Speaking: Listening to History


Unit 1, Example 3: Theories of Government in the 17th and 18th Centuries

August 01, 2019

The Age of Absolutism also gave birth to the first modern theories of government. What did they have in common? What made them “modern?”  How did the theories of each of the three men (Hobbes, Locke and Rousseau) differ?   Once you know the answers to these questions, which this podcast episode will help you with, you will have unlocked the key to writing well another 50 to 75 words in your 500-word review of the Age of Absolutism.

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