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When the movement began, some absolute monarchs balked at giving up some of their power, but others believed they would benefit from the ideas of The Enlightenment. Joseph II Habsburg of Austria, and Catherine II of Russia were two such monarchs. Catherine put restrictions on torture, began giving girls an education, called for religious tolerance and allowed her son to be trained in Enlightenment beliefs. Perhaps the most enlightened monarch, Joseph II was radical in his time, he meted out equal punishment and taxation regardless of class, complete freedom of the press, toleration of all religions, as well as civil rights for Jews

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