The English origins of modern democracy
Dr Rachel Hammersley, 缅北禁地
顿补迟别/罢颈尘别:听 Thursday 3 May 2018
Modern democracy is not merely the product of 18th-century revolution and 19th-century reform. Democratic ideas had been part of English political debate for two centuries by the time of the American Revolution in 1776. In celebration of May Day – a day closely associated with Englishness, popular action and workers’ rights – this lecture looked at the history of democratic thought in early-modern England.