Milanese Enlightenment

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The Milanese Enlightenment was an 18th-century intellectual and reform movement centered in Milan that promoted legal, economic, and social modernization through the work of thinkers such as Cesare Beccaria.

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Italian Enlightenment 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Enlightenment movement
historical movement
intellectual movement
aimedAt improvement of public welfare
limitation of arbitrary power in criminal justice
modernization of Milanese society
rationalization of government
appliesToJurisdiction Duchy of Milan NERFINISHED
country Italy
hasEffect contribution to European debate on criminal justice
contribution to European debate on economic policy
contribution to European debate on state and church relations
critique of ecclesiastical jurisdiction
debates on proportionality of punishment
development of Italian-language Enlightenment press
development of reformist literary satire in Italy
encouragement of scientific education in Milan
growth of public opinion in Milan
influence on Risorgimento intellectuals
inspiration for later Italian liberalism
modernization of Lombard legal system
promotion of humanitarian criminal justice
promotion of merit-based bureaucracy
promotion of statistical and economic surveys of Lombardy
promotion of utilitarian principles in law
reduction of torture in criminal procedure
reform of censorship practices in Lombardy
spread of Enlightenment ideas in Northern Italy
strengthening of state authority over church courts
hasNotableWork Dei delitti e delle pene
Dialogo sopra la nobiltà
Il Caffè
Il Giorno
Osservazioni sulla tortura
hasPart Accademia dei Pugni
Il Caffè
surface form: Il Caffè (periodical)

Milanese economic societies
cultural reform movement in Milan
economic reform movement in Milan
legal reform movement in Milan
reformist circles at the Austrian administration in Milan
reformist salons in Milan
religious reform debates in Milan
social reform movement in Milan
hasParticipant Alessandro Verri
Antonio Genovesi NERFINISHED
Cesare Beccaria
Count Karl Joseph von Firmian
Ferdinando Galiani
Francesco Algarotti
Gian Rinaldo Carli NERFINISHED
Giandomenico Romagnosi NERFINISHED
Giuseppe Parini
Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor
Maria Theresa of Austria NERFINISHED
Paolo Frisi NERFINISHED
Pietro Verri
influenced Austrian Habsburg reforms in Lombardy
Italian legal reforms
abolition of torture debates
debates on death penalty
economic thought in Italy
modern criminal law theory
penal reform in Europe
influencedBy Age of Enlightenment
surface form: European Enlightenment

French Enlightenment
Scottish Enlightenment
empiricism
natural law theory
physiocracy
language French
Italian
Latin
locatedIn Italy
Lombardy
Milan
mainSubject administrative centralization
agrarian reform
codification of laws
critique of feudal privileges
economic liberalization
education reform
free trade
legal modernization
penal reform
public finance reform
rationalization of taxation
secularization of law
movement Austrian enlightened absolutism
Catholic Enlightenment
reform Catholicism
politicalContext Habsburg Monarchy NERFINISHED
enlightened absolutism
religiousContext Roman Catholicism
startTime 18th century
timePeriod Age of Enlightenment

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Teresa di Blasco associatedWith Milanese Enlightenment
this entity surface form: Italian Enlightenment
Accademia dei Pugni movement Milanese Enlightenment
this entity surface form: Italian Enlightenment
Cesare Beccaria partOf Milanese Enlightenment