Violence and Legitimacy : : European Monarchy in the Age of Revolutions /

Violence and Legitimacy : : European Monarchy in the Age of Revolutions / / Volker Sellin.

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Benjamin Constant distinguished two kinds of government: unlawful government based on violence, and legitimate government based on the general will. In Europe monarchy was for over a thousand years considered the natural form of legitimate government. The sources of its legitimacy were the dynastic...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus DeG Package 2018 Part 1
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Sellin, Volker,
Place / Publishing House:München ;, Wien : : De Gruyter Oldenbourg, , [2017]
©2018
Year of Publication:2017
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (X, 336 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Preface
  • Preface to the German edition of 2011
  • Contents
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Violence
  • 3. Dynasty
  • 4. Religion
  • 5. Success in War
  • 6. Enlightenment
  • 7. Constitution
  • 8. Nation
  • 9. Social Reform
  • 10. Charisma
  • 11. Summary
  • 12. List of Abbreviations
  • 13. Picture Credits
  • 14. Bibliography
  • Index

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