书目名称 | John Adams and the Constitutional History of the Medieval British Empire |
编辑 | James Muldoon |
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概述 | Compares constitutional arguments at the time of the American Revolution with the constitutional history of medieval Britain.Argues that the American revolutionaries were influenced by institutions an |
丛书名称 | Studies in Modern History |
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描述 | .This book contributes to the increasing interest in John Adams and his political and legal thought by examining his work on the medieval British Empire. For Adams, the conflict with England was constitutional because there was no British Empire, only numerous territories including the American colonies not consolidated into a constitutional structure. Each had a unique relationship to the English. In two series of essays he rejected the Parliament’s claim to legislate for the internal governance of the American colonies. His .Dissertation on the Canon and Feudal Law. (1765) identified these claims with the Yoke, Norman tyranny over the defeated Saxons after 1066. Parliament was seeking to treat the colonists in similar fashion. The .Novanglus. essays (1774-75), traced the origin of the colonies, demonstrating that Parliament played no role in their establishment and so had no role in their internal governance without the colonists’ subsequent consent. . |
出版日期 | Book 2018 |
关键词 | American Revolution; Founding Fathers; Middle Ages; Legal history; Roman texts; Press, media; Colonial Ame |
版次 | 1 |
doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-66477-4 |
isbn_softcover | 978-3-319-88252-9 |
isbn_ebook | 978-3-319-66477-4Series ISSN 2946-2053 Series E-ISSN 2946-2061 |
issn_series | 2946-2053 |
copyright | The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer International P |