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Author: Leopold Von Ranke
Number of Pages: 608 pages
Published Date: 27 Sep 2015
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Publication Country: United States
Language: English
Type: Pdf
ISBN: 9781330513590
File Name: History.of.England,.Vol..3.Principally.in.the.Seventeenth.Century.(Classic.Reprint).pdf
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Excerpt from History of England, Vol. 3: Principally in the Seventeenth Century It was not in any old parliamentary pretensions, which had gradually risen higher and higher, that the English Republic had its origin, but in a different group of ideas, no less decidedly opposed to the Parliament, such as it had hitherto been, than to the monarchy itself. In order to understand both the events of the time and the consequences which followed, it is indispensable to realise clearly this opposition. For those motives which give the impulse at the foundation of a new state of things incessantly react upon it. At the moment when a union appeared possible between the King, the Parliament, and some of the leading officers, on the basis of the old constitution (October 1647), the Agitators in the army conceived the plan of actually carrying out the idea of the sovereignty of the people, so often invoked before, and of building up anew the constitution of the country on that basis. This plan is undisguisedly and expressly stated in the petition which was presented at the time to the council .of officers, in the name of five regiments of cavalry. 'Forasmuch, ' so runs the petition, 'as all power is originally and in reality vested in the collective people of this nation, the free choice of their representatives and their consent is the sole basis of a lawful government, while the end of government is the common weal.' Conformably to this, it demanded next the dissolution of the Long Parliament, which had not been derived from these principles, and in its stead the complete establishment of a fair and equal representation. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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History of England, Vol. 3 : Principally in the Seventeenth Century (Classic Reprint) by Leopold Von Ranke
Author: Leopold Von Ranke
Number of Pages: 608 pages
Published Date: 27 Sep 2015
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Publication Country: United States
Language: English
Type: Pdf
ISBN: 9781330513590
File Name: History.of.England,.Vol..3.Principally.in.the.Seventeenth.Century.(Classic.Reprint).pdf
Download Link: History of England, Vol. 3 Principally in the Seventeenth Century (Classic Reprint)
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Excerpt from History of England, Vol. 3: Principally in the Seventeenth Century It was not in any old parliamentary pretensions, which had gradually risen higher and higher, that the English Republic had its origin, but in a different group of ideas, no less decidedly opposed to the Parliament, such as it had hitherto been, than to the monarchy itself. In order to understand both the events of the time and the consequences which followed, it is indispensable to realise clearly this opposition. For those motives which give the impulse at the foundation of a new state of things incessantly react upon it. At the moment when a union appeared possible between the King, the Parliament, and some of the leading officers, on the basis of the old constitution (October 1647), the Agitators in the army conceived the plan of actually carrying out the idea of the sovereignty of the people, so often invoked before, and of building up anew the constitution of the country on that basis. This plan is undisguisedly and expressly stated in the petition which was presented at the time to the council .of officers, in the name of five regiments of cavalry. 'Forasmuch, ' so runs the petition, 'as all power is originally and in reality vested in the collective people of this nation, the free choice of their representatives and their consent is the sole basis of a lawful government, while the end of government is the common weal.' Conformably to this, it demanded next the dissolution of the Long Parliament, which had not been derived from these principles, and in its stead the complete establishment of a fair and equal representation. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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