Early Modern Democracy in the Grisons: Social Order and Political Language in a Swiss Mountain Canton, 1470 1620 (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521893794)

The Freestate of the Three Leagues in the Grisons, a rural confederation of peasant villages in the Swiss Alps, was one of the most unusual political entities found in early modern Europe. 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 uses pamphlets and political documents to trace the Freestate's evolution, focusing on its institutional structure and on the political language used by its in habitants.

Author: Randolph C. Head
ISBN-10: 0521893798
ISBN-13: 9780521893794
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 05/09/2002
Pages: 308
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.02lbs
Size: 9.20h x 6.08w x 0.84d