Early Modern Democracy in the Grisons

Social Order and Political Language in a Swiss Mountain Canton, 1470–1620

By:

Randolph C. Head

Format:

Hardback

Series:

Cambridge Studies in Early Modern History

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The Freestate of the Three Leagues in the Grisons, a rural confederation in the Swiss Alps, was one of the most unusual political entities in early modern Europe. In the sixteenth century, its inhabitants enjoyed popular sovereignty and remarkable local autonomy, and many of them insisted on political equality among citizens, and on political leaders' responsibilities to their communities. The author uses pamphlets and political documents to trace the Freestate's evolution, focusing on its institutional structure and on the political language used by its inhabitants. This language included radical statements about 'democracy' and rule by the 'common man'. Even so, the Freestate participated in contemporary European political developments; but because it was different, it provides new perspectives on political ideas in sixteenth-century Europe. It represents a political culture distinct from both absolutism and later liberal ideas.

Release date Australia

January 27th, 1995

Author

Randolph C. Head

Audience

Professional & Vocational

Illustrations

2 Tables, unspecified; 5 Maps; 2 Halftones, unspecified

Pages

308

Series

Cambridge Studies in Early Modern History

Dimensions

152x229x21

ISBN-13

9780521470865

Product ID

1770411

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