Marchamont Nedham
Gebundenes Buch

The Excellencie of a Free-State

Or, the Right Constitution of a Commonwealth

Herausgeber: Worden, Blair
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First published in 1656, and compiled from previously written editorials in the parliamentarian newsbook "Mercurius Politicus," "The Excellencie of a Free-State"addressed a dilemma in English politics, namely, what kind of government should the Commonwealth adopt? One possibility was to revert to the ancient constitution and create a Cromwellian monarchy. The alternative was the creation of parliamentary sovereignty, in which there would be a "due and orderly succession of supreme authority in the hands of the people's representatives." Nedham was convinced that only the latter would "best sec...