This King of Prussia, of the Hohenzollern family, is known as an 'enlightened despot': the code of civil procedure he approved allowed the judicial power to be independent from the executive power. He did not accept his father’s ideas about the military career. This did not stop him from beating his opponents in the military field. He preferred to cultivate the arts. Voltaire lived for a long time in Potsdam at the Palace of Sans-Souci. Frederick II created a strong state by developing its industry and commerce. There are still controversial issues connected to his sexuality and to the authorship of the Masonic Constitutions of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite (1786).
Este rei da Prússia, da família Hohenzollern, tem sido classificado como 'déspota esclarecido': o código de processo civil que aprovou permitiu que o poder judicial se tornasse independente do executivo. Não aceitou as opiniões de seu pai sobre a carreira militar. Este facto não o impediu de vencer os adversários no campo militar. Preferia cultivar as artes. Voltaire viveu longo período em Potsdam no Palácio de Sans-souci. Criou um estado forte ao desenvolver a indústria e o comércio. Continuam controversas a sua sexualidade e a autoria das Constituições Maçónicas do Rito Escocês Antigo e Aceite (1786).
Adolf Friedrich Erdmann von Menzel (1815-1905)-'Frederick the Great to travel'-oil on canvas-ca 1850-paper on canvas Berlin-Alte Nationalgalerie
Adolf Friedrich Erdmann von Menzel (1815-1905)-'Frederick the Great in moonlight'-oil on canvas-1847 Berlin-Alte Nationalgalerie
Adolf Friedrich Erdmann von Menzel (1815-1905)-'round table of king Frederick with Voltaire and the leader of the Berlin Academy'-1850
Adolf Friedrich Erdmann von Menzel (1815-1905)-'Frederick the Great in the battle of Hochkirche (October 14, 1758)'
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