III. The Whig Theory of The Constitution in The Reign of Charles II
- 1 January 1941
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Cambridge Historical Journal
- Vol. 7 (1) , 42-71
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s1474691300003449
Abstract
No description of the theory of the constitution which the Whigs Professed in the five years of their existence as a political party in Charles II's reign, can be adequately made except in relation to the position in which they found themselves during this period. For though their view of what the constitution ought to be was to a considerable extent built up on ideas inherited from past ages and especially from the previous half-century, as it was formulated between 1678 and 1683 it was designed to justify a particular set of actions, and to advocate a type of government appropriate to the needs of a group of people at a particular moment.Keywords
This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
- Elections and Electioneering, 1679–81The English Historical Review, 1930