Comparative Politics: Six Lectures Read Before the Royal Institution in Jan. and Feb., 1873, With the Unity of History, the Rede Lecture Read Before the University of Cambridge, May 29, 1872

Freeman Freeman

ISBN 10: 0461384523 / ISBN 13: 9780461384529

Published by HardPress Ltd, 2021

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• Title: Comparative Politics: Six Lectures Read Before the Royal Institution in Jan. and Feb., 1873, With the Unity of History, the Rede Lecture Read Before the University of Cambridge, May 29, 1872
• Publisher: HardPress Ltd
• Publication Date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0461384523
• ISBN 13: 9780461384529
• Binding: Paperback / softback
• Condition: New
• Weight: 526 grams

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Comparative Politics: Six Lectures Read Before The Royal Institution In Jan. And Feb., 1873, With The Unity Of History, The Rede Lecture Read Before The University Of Cambridge, May 29, 1872 — Edward Augustus Freeman. This scholarly, comparative survey investigates how kingship evolves, endures, or dissolves across ancient Greece and Rome, and how religious, aristocratic, and democratic forms replace or redefine royal power. It distinguishes kingship (a substantive, often sacral authority) from kingly titles that persist when power fades, and traces replacements of hereditary or personal rule by priestly offices, archonships, consuls, and other magistracies within accountable systems. It situates Athens, Sparta, Argos, Macedon, and Rome in a broader cross-cultural frame, noting the decisive role of assemblies (e.g., Comitia, Prytaneis, Spartan Assembly, Achaian League) in restraining or channeling royal prerogative. The notes extend to medieval and early modern continuities (rex regalis, interrex, rex sacrorum) and to Swiss, Italian, and Teutonic contexts, to illustrate how royal language survives as social symbol. Freeman defends a Comparative Method and outlines three branches of inquiry—Philology, Mythology, and a practical social-science domain—and identifies three likeness modes (direct transmission, circumstance-driven likeness, common stock). A central claim is the unity of European political history through Greek, Roman, and Teutonic traditions, with Rome as a hinge toward modern state forms, including two-chamber legislatures and estates. The next portions will continue the State, head of state, and assemblies.