The English Revolution, The Glorious Revolution, the French Revolution, the Russian Revolution, the Meiji Restoration, the Chinese Revolution, the<br/>Iranian Revolution ¬- the overthrow of monarchical absolutism all over the world has paved the way for the transformation of societies and the development of institutions and values we recognize as "modern": constitutionalism, popular sovereignty, republicanism, democracy, equality, capitalism and the nation. The disappearance of a political institution that is centuries or in some cases millennia old represents a profound disruption from the past. Yet the idea of monarchy as both a political system and the symbol of a hierarchical form of... -- Course Website
Instructor: Dr D Mackinnon and Dr P Jory
