Habsburg Monarchy

In times before Rome, many cultures had a common constitution, however, before the Roman constitution, a Greek historian named Polybius claimed these were flawed and too ‘simple’. According to Polybius these constitutions operated under one of four types, kingship, aristocracy, democracy, and mob rule. These constitutions with the formation of civilization, begin and with kingship and work their way down respectively and are cyclical, as Polybius would point out “Constitutional…

 William Shakespeare William Shakespeare is best known for his tragedies. 1601-1608 is the third period that belong to Shakespeare’s greatest tragedies and somber or bitter comedies. This is the peak period characterized by the highest development of his thought and expression. He is more concerned with the darker side of the human experience and its destructive passions. This period produces many great tragedies like Hamlet, Othello, All’s well that Ends well, and the most famous is Macbeth.…

Henry Thoreau believes that the government must be better, not just for the majority, but for all those that are part of it. He begins his civil disobedience essay by stating, “the government is at it’s best but expedient ,” this is implying that government fails to resolve the issues that the people quickly, making whatever provided “worse than the evil.” Thoreau believes that a government runned by the majority, does not necessarily make the decision fair and just, it simply means that it is…

Political Ideology of Liberalism For centuries, different political ideologies have dominated the world in various regions with their own set of beliefs and values. Successes and failures were the deterring factors for an ideology to thrive or perish. Although numerous amount of political ideologies are being practiced in our contemporary society, however, there are only five fundamental roots of ideologies that laid the foundations: Liberalism, Communism, Socialism, Fascism, and Anarchism.…

Governments are the sole things that will make a country run smooth. When we put a society ruled by a monarchy and a society run by a dictatorship, we can clearly see the similarities and differences that define these two governments. In an absolute monarchy, the country is ruled by a family that will make all of the laws for the people, but in a dictatorship, there is only one singular person that decides the laws for the country. For both of these countries, this means that the people will…

In a monarchy government, the power to make decisions is in the hands of one person, usually called a king or a queen. The word monarchy comes from the Greek root words monos (which means “one”) and arkhein (which means “rule”). From about 2000 B.C.E. to 800 B.C.E., most Greek city-states were ruled by monarchs—usually kings (the Greeks did not allow women to have power). At first, the Greek kings were chosen by the people of the city-state. When a king died, another leader was selected to take…

From the Early Middle Ages through the Renaissance, a common form of political writing were mirrors for princes. These works were essentially handbooks for rulers, creating an image of kings meant to be either imitated or avoided. In the 13th century, Saint Thomas Aquinas detailed his beliefs in his own mirror, On Kingship. In the piece, Thomas takes examples from the natural world to advocate for his ideal form of government, a kingship, and discusses how a king can lead his people to the…

And so the republican constitution in Rome had been born out of this frustration and anger towards those in singular power, with even the concept of kingship being treated with great hostility and suspicion – the people of Rome did not miss the monarchy and did not at all wish for it to be reinstated. However flawed the Republican system was, it was viewed as being the only way in which the people of Rome could ensure their lives as being cared for in a fair and equal manner – indeed there was…

The analysis of expectations on David from the different perspectives ---Zeju Li In general view, King is the divine representation of God. His power is unimpeachable and his majesty shall be glorified. However, King is not perfect: He can commit mistakes, he can indulge himself in wine and debauchery, and he can bereave property of his people as well. But people will not be inclined to withdraw his majesty and gift that men endow for the purpose of seeking protection of their life,…

The best form of government for a society is the democratic system. Most people will agree with me, because it is the form of government that presents greatest strengths and benefits to the Human Being, but also present certain dangers, such as that depends on the opinion and participation of the most. How can this be a disadvantage? Well, if the majority is not adequately prepared to think freely and reflectively, this will be the first step to destroy the best system of government today. That…