Britannia 1066-1884 : from medieval absolutism to the birth of freedom under constitutional monarchy, limited suffrage, and the rule of law / Charles K. Rowley, Carol Bin Wu.

Britannia 1066-1884 : from medieval absolutism to the birth of freedom under constitutional monarchy, limited suffrage, and the rule of law /

This book offers an analytic history of Britannia (first England and Wales and then Great Britain) over eight hundred years of political turmoil, intermingled with economic stagnation, followed by the engine of the industrial revolution. The book draws on economics, political science, public choice,...

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Main Authors: Rowley, Charles K., 1939-2013 (Author), Wu, Bin (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer, 2014.
Series:Studies in public choice (Springer-Verlag)
Subjects:
Great Britain > History.
Electronic books.
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505 0 |a The Modern Tools for Analytical History: Economics, Political Science, Public Choice, Philosophy, and the Law -- The Evolution of Absolutism in Medieval England: 1066-1485 -- The Tudor Dynasty: Perfecting Absolutism in the Era of the Renaissance and the Reformation, 1485-1603 -- The Stuart and the Cromwell Doom: The Hinge of Fate for Absolutist Autocrats, 1603-1688 -- The Seventeenth Century Philosophical Divide: Unity versus Liberty -- The Demise of the Divine Right of Kings, the Decline of Monarchic Power, and the Rise of Parliament, 1689-1775 -- Hugo Grotius, John Locke and Catos Letters: Evolution of Philosophy from the Glorious Revolution to the American Revolution -- Freedoms Flourish under Constitutional Monarchy, Limited Suffrage, Laissez-Faire Capitalism, Free Trade, and the Rule of Law, 1776-1884 -- The Zenith of Classical Liberal Philosophy in Britannia: From the Scottish Enlightenment to John Stuart Mill. 
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