A Handbook of Greek Constitutional History

A Handbook of Greek Constitutional History

Author: Abel Hendy Jones Greenidge

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Published: 1896

Total Pages: 308

ISBN-13:

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1914. Greenidge writes in the Preface that this little book is meant to be of assistance to those who find difficulty in mastering what he has often regarded as the least attractive (probably because it is the least understood) portion of Greek history. Contents: Early Development of the Greek Constitutions through Monarchy, Aristocracy, and Tyranny to Constitutional Government; Colonisation-International Law; Classifications of Constitutions-Oligarchy; Mixed Constitutions; Democracy; Federal Governments; and Hellenism and the Fate of the Greek Constitutions. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.


A Handbook of Greek Constitutional History (Classic Reprint)

A Handbook of Greek Constitutional History (Classic Reprint)

Author: A. H. J. Greenidge

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-05-17

Total Pages: 302

ISBN-13: 9780259922377

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Excerpt from A Handbook of Greek Constitutional History Origin of the city-state; the tribe and the clan, 12. Origin of Greek monarchy, 14 character of the heroic monarchy, 15; downfall of this monarchy, 17. Transfer of government to the clans, 19 nature of the clan, 20. The early aristocracies, 21; tendency to oligarchic govern ment, 22. Impulse to colonisation, 24. Early Greek tyranny, 25; its origin, 25 the tyrants, 27 character of their government, 30 how far was it constitutional, 31 political and social consequences of their rule, 32; downfall of tyranny, 33. Rise of constitutional government, 34. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.