Questions tagged [republic]
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Were regular citizens of the Republic of Venice permitted to own and carry arms/weapons?
I've been researching about Venetian warfare and came across this website which inspired me to ask the question. According to this website (of perhaps questionable repute), the following is stated:
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What are the intellectual roots of the "French Republican identity" pursuit?
The "French Republican identity" was born during French 3rd Republic (1870-1940), founded by political figures such as Jules Ferry and Léon Gambetta.
It is indeed the 3rd French republic ...
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Why is 26th January India's Republic Day?
I read on Wikipedia that 26 January celebrated as India's Republic Day because it is on this day in the year 1929 that the Indian National Congress proclaimed the declaration of independence as ...
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Was the insanity of kings used as an argument against monarchy?
History has seen its share of mentally impaired monarchs. Some examples from the last centuries include King George III of the United Kingdom, Emperor Ferdinand I of Austria, and Emperor Taishō of ...
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How was Napoleon able to take power from the Republic
Napoleon took power less than a generation after the French Revolution. He had a lot of support from the Army and the people, how was this possible? Why would the French people support someone who ...
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Did the Roundheads/Commonwealth of England receive any ideological sympathy abroad?
Were any of the various republican ideas or factions in the time of the English Civil War/Commonwealth of England given any support by people elsewhere in Europe?
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Were there any other systems which resemble the complex election procedure for the doge of Venice
I was fascinated by a passage in Thomas F. Madden's Venice: a New History describing the complex process used to elect the doge of Venice. This process is explained briefly here:
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What are major differences between a Caliphate and a modern Republic?
As far as I know, a Caliphate elects a leader for a lifetime term, rather than having regular elections.
Some caliphates choose their leader by a small group rather than have the masses choose, but ...
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When did the Commonwealth of England start being considered a Republic?
For instance, it was under the absolute rule of a person (Cromwell), and after his death the rule is passed to his son. When was it classified as a republic, as opposed to a monarchy? Was that before, ...
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Republican thought in the Middle Ages
I wonder if there were any books written in the Middle Ages that argued the case for a republic versus a monarchy. On the opposite side we can find Dante's De Monarchia (and probably many others) who ...
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Did the Founding Fathers of the USA really make a distinction between a Republic and a Democracy (and despised the latter)?
I've come across this video that makes a distinction between a Democracy (rule of majority) vs Republic (rule of law). It contests that a Republic is a state that is designed to protect the rights of ...
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What was the source of the idea of a republic?
Where did the Greeks or the Romans find the idea of a "Republic"? What was the source of the idea? Did the idea come from philosophers, or citizens, etc.?
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