The Intellectual Origins of Modern ae
pemocratic Republicanism :
(1660-1720)
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‘thought which, however, sin ely ntl a all tab, pect
‘he Anglo-American clas! epic wean,
‘Pocock broly crac th ter athe republicanism of an opps.
lode gentry ~ agian ani-comeerc, seri the spel st of fee
proper holes and the day the ran to prtpteingverment ie
rounded, he held onthe Machirlian thoy ofthe pose ems 2
ecsary wo pla peal? In thir tadion of Haring epic
i, tered by Prk “Engl Mchinelanisn, the es bere end
‘epllican ced and the bring of ants are perce yr "Asin
Machel he overs
This wa he ced of ane wing ofthe Inds nent geny which
ominated 180cenery Englang, t nglh plicated which so
‘om his Poockan perpetrate wih the neighbouring
Dutch replicn comexe This re epcill with regu to he sean
linens nd the song poat-1688 es epublica (swells ne conse.
‘av preference farmed goversen the ew ht fasts monarchy
‘gral ‘abou demos, at Bolingbroke atk i enya anarchy
beh! However, the caraser of Dutch repblicanzm so sees dnc
‘emote from ort aio the Engl rpblcan enlion whch Pocock
‘flow commentators ma perhaps be sd ohne waded, seh the
‘rior, amemocae de ibernt nrpuliceisn ofthe pony and
proc vad ene, nd cling «masala among ti acy,
brs tothe Commelina sho ant-Cromrlio, Commonweal er
sonar lege, the lace epcily pronounced inthe oto af Algernon
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Ditch ri-senry republican, by cont, with ts iferen soil ne
nd song empha (om Johan de Wis enwar) onthe pexeles of
‘epublsasconpare with monarchies? desoped inastngy erent ise,
‘ion, even while desing on sme ofthe same stress the Engh at nd
bing oo Ks teeped in Maciel In view othe extn hotriogrepy one
tight nc hn his aru portent inthe wider western an palit,
etal contest since ther ery ew, fan, peers of kad
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‘mre obviously sched in gener pilowphy than che Engh replica
‘radon. This vly norte dierence is oting 40 wih inate
atonal sts or sper bt rater with emer: Being at oe more
‘pha w-monacia,ant-errehi and re concerned ith cqe
iy tan English replica, the Dutch tation singly needed moce and
‘eer argumens for ejecting the prong heal wan oie genet
ally prealet in baroue Eatope wih Sin tre on pos seo
ci aes ad ere story. The cha the United Province
‘rsa repule creed y+ land Mody eva agi inate monary
2 crgnaly deo rpc whch, the gon, had prada abjred
Imonarhy in pipe nwo fic an whic ad no relate chart o the
tol fhe Church of Eland whe poscs688 England was puiamesary
tomar, managed ya nde aoc with an elie crch which
revered the monarch a hed nd ended to ante ie overment
tnd rapt th princi of sory, eat ache insuoal ramets
within which shee dgincand by the er th centr atl a ak
{loos of epacnien deel andrea fon he ose
Funhemor, he inac fhe Clans Reelin of 68-91 — of ral
sigs for Bsn and the United Provinces al fended sharpen the
“terpenes eeren the ro va dons by soning and in ica men
ne derataiing Engh epbicni' Hence, where Eaglah compe
produced an incroyable bale between ing od Paiamect which
Encouraged sre in 8heeay Brith cle on he niger and age
iri ofthe Bch model ce clinton of monarchy, arsncey ad sate
church inthe Dutch mde! conic to enue mare Peep
snc apprh chy be ss had en en ner apa et
‘plex tation roe in wick Dac ed Hagens played ail pr.
by Freeh epbicn and qn repolcn tenis sah Belanger, Maly
Diderot ann se eps, Rotate was thi Dnch-hene jt,
arguably wd noe he Engh Guon whch ~ dete having been gel
abmenelandgnored in hse of wees plc tought costs he
‘ain ine inthe emergence of modern wesc democrat rps
‘WhereariStventuy Brith and some prep angie omen
pola thugs analy Montsgie, dieoer oft mnary on he
Bish dl the hghe ea pls nied monarchy ered espa
srl lide aaron ‘onthe Dutch repos oe te French Heal
Ealightenmene afer Motes By 70, Maly ws waning the Pol, 4
vi ino principle th they wished ove carry fom he sens
‘nd eomttite Pla nd he Pluk eonstaser on send and vale
By they hold make ure e
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shits ote Bech nel in cinerea in thei ede
sre ofthe erly mem repabcn raion. As Kossmann ema the de
‘ere decoed ‘aint’ Hed wate of regan miata wth march
ete of dle powe” at with sre influence horny ene.
se nececy‘nsable a ell a contin in anger of degenerating ito
‘ep monaichy’ van den Eten ween te inl
pst doce bt «to len which - we anempting so ge ido thle
{anc ling ~the Engh ad mere ssid in the person of Crow
‘Mother and worse onc under aner me” Adie ini te
‘Rae the Tra Pats wich ay ans thet of hi dh in
Segr Simoes lows that naarchy i edema up opin ae sony
sereand when ean beso desta degraded ao approimae to demacney
vet evs to sarin democracy stenge and adres Tn ining ow
‘saad be dee, beso uty eases goverment by Rigs that wat
Shines 89 more than acarcure. The pect monarchy, he mgs (lube
‘Rotungie in chee, onto onerchy on tenn of the oi ng
ti Asngin before weber by the despot Phi ingsom ost
ih ogl poets and resins hat th ng carly has the nr even
{Damretan oriary moral meron te seength uf yal preroati™
‘Nor wee the Dutch rae wir who cane aur Spine sy les megane
or aan abst kings, princly power andthe monarch people seus
Wate t-pain ofthe engraver Romeyn de Hooghe and purine
12 propogest the side of Willan IK he Glorious Revlon, ho
‘ie ncresngly eaten in the ety ven isnses mwa
{nhs Oring rts ornen dating he yeas 188-91 ays nivel and
inherently ifr eo epics thet ony bl abc omer aaa
ach) which ny monarch he eer care’ dela in yn spc of
Wiliam Ts nd th States Gener neato of England:
‘sna long ao observed by Dutch sch esearch Wale if and wit
ing head Remeyn de Hong ser to hve derived tee pola theo fom
thing Spiny the de a Cores whom Waker sey ces, Manel
‘nd Hbbex”
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‘sa scent researc as shows consince epbls arate than
‘monarchies and that mesma emailed with King, nately ston nk
insible only where he pad unde the lv, as ike eeryene c,d cn
only change «given law ne niece of genograme toestemminge” (th
{senescent consent" Mande, 2 Dutch rasa Cartesian medical
sm relent in Landon, iewse deme primey creche: unelible
sine ‘ni’ goreraeneasen debt sbot wher sovereigns Yet, eld
Konmans dite th imprest saliy aad gil of te turcetuy
Daach epic ait less, tom the penpectve of eter Feige,
‘teh epublica theny dilute da inpiation ori nl
lect a soca he earer exp of theory never developed, sf en
sein a pcurly Duc neta radon which would be iret
ene the Duc arg
Docbeee Kewanee here i sight rearing the mnstein,
‘moderate Dutch Enlightenment wih intessing an-denocr, ona
‘he and Gy 181) monarch tends, Bath arg es the ott
egiing the Dut democrat nd wider Emopean content oe peesly
‘beralal carer of Spinons'cand the de Cour? Hes we ath of
"a den Enden,Koerbgh, Wan, an de Macken snd van Leva = wich
‘cpus whats most ogi and sgicantin te ycy ad easy th
‘entry Duch pos thoughe em he more maine, reece Doth
4nd wier wet, mierate Enlightenment In other words ones one fs
‘katy deena the Ral Enightenment ftom ge costae acc
‘epabliaa snd Cavnis-Onngit mainte, and ls athe plop
‘oderpining of Dutch densest rplcnin which Konstan to an ete
fled wo d,s mak scant ane searhing for inv ‘Dacha’
tedon based oe he de Cour a Sp
IE, hen rather than coneenting on the constrains end moder msn
scam, whether Dotch, atsh ot reach, one focus iste on the ra
fring, one enor «whol ilerentsydione fom tat rested hy
Koss and her recent commentators Dh republics Here mont
deocrasecaments of the perersatonary Parateneneig ofthe 780s
me no ret of hei alien fo th ere ofthe dela Cours we st
the ae tie sing themselves (and Being repr by thir opponent) =
adherens of brand Faropean piloxphil rail" Sia he had
eng rue of denccratiereptieantn froth concratve Orne
"he Lara (721-96, to hie carmpgn agit the an Orang Pats
inthe 17h sled the Brother de ls Cour ar one of hn hi theoretical
tages Meanwhile, he "Spine? aon, whith ta gree or sett
fated ground everywhere in the lieth cone, ws renown the 8th
bpavarey fainter in ly, anya England as ells Peace ad
Holland, smong them Mandvlewh played prominent pain the Rete
ri of go and hse hough inend mach beer arp x Dutch and
rue: eal Origin of Baan
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atthe tine resided in The Hag daring he i and ater xox in 670
Pablo ie Traum Teg Patce a highly charged pola a
rellctslstoerpere. Ths let his a aad nenty and Srency and
helps sogether with it evlonary Bible ein, ge che work much
wider Europese notary but sk spac, especially in Germany here
ata ed his copy wth andre te which anv today and France =
han weal probly verre fron» wok of pre pic thooy son *
Indeed the igh compeient French ansaton
ches dfrene lies, n yh hada unprlld pac
‘erie work no jst in Francs but slo the German ot ers she mother
(George Tof Engen, he fre Eis Sophia of Hanger, wa one of
Spor’ Gist and mor enthaanic renders anon cour les
"The kind of democratic repent expounded by Johan de a Count
(2633-6) in is Gratin en str ofthe, wa era a ahd
Inher ily to floes any general approved nd reve moderte
mrinsceam talon of pail hought anywhere in ex'y modem Exrope,
Inclading Bras and the Netherland Despite the wide crclton ond an