{"product_id":"early-modern-democracy-in-the-grisons-social-order-and-political-language-in-a-swiss-mountain-canton-1470-1620-paperback-9780521893794","title":"Early Modern Democracy in the Grisons; Social Order and Political Language in a Swiss Mountain Canton, 1470–1620 (Paperback) 9780521893794","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eEarly Modern Democracy in the Grisons\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eSocial Order and Political Language in a Swiss Mountain Canton, 1470–1620\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA 1995 study of one of the most unusual political entities in early modern Europe, in the Swiss Alps.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eRandolph C. Head (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521893794, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 9 May 2002\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e308 pages, 2 b\/w illus.  5 maps  2 tables\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.3 cm, 0.495 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"Head's approach is a convincing one.  His study treats the political culture at three different levels:  that of the constitutional institutions, that of popular actions, and that of the political language.\"    Andreas WÜrgler, Jrnl of Modern History\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe 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 of this 1995 book 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.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e List of illustrations\u003cbr\u003e Note on languages, orthography and abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e Introduction: social order, politics, and political language in the Grisons, 1470–1520\u003cbr\u003e 1. Communalism and other political models in Europe and the Grisons\u003cbr\u003e 2. Rhaetia to 1520: geography, society, history\u003cbr\u003e 3. Local practice and federal government in the Freestate\u003cbr\u003e 4. From consolidation to communal politics, c. 1580–1620\u003cbr\u003e 5. Elite power and popular constraint in sixteenth-century Rhaetia\u003cbr\u003e 6. Reform, communal action and crisis, c. 1580–1620\u003cbr\u003e 7. Political language and political cosmology during the crisis years, 1617–22\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion: democracy in early modern Rhaetia.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Early modern history: c 1450\/1500 to c 1700 [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Early modern history: c 1450\/1500 to c 1700\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Early%20modern%20history:%20c%201450\/1500%20to%20c%201700%20%5BHBLH%5D%22\"\u003eHBLH\u003c\/a\u003e], European history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on European history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22European%20history%20%5BHBJD%5D%22\"\u003eHBJD\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46265364611352,"sku":"9780521893794","price":40.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521893794i.jpg?v=1692022147","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/early-modern-democracy-in-the-grisons-social-order-and-political-language-in-a-swiss-mountain-canton-1470-1620-paperback-9780521893794","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}