Sumários

From Restoration to the Constitutional Monarchy.

6 Novembro 2024, 12:30 • Adelaide Victória Pereira Grandela Meira Serras

From Restoration to the Constitutional Monarchy: James II's attempt to revert the kingdom to Catholicism and his deposition. The rule of William of Orange and Mary Stuart as constitutional monarchs according to the Declaration of Rigts and the Settlement Act.

The foundation and relevance of Parliamentarism: John Locke’s theory presented in his Second Treatise of Government:

- the premisse of contratualism and the notion of the majority's will;

- the transition from the state of nature to the commonwealth/ civitas;

- the division of power.

Reading of Second Treatise of Government (excerpts)

Hobbes' Absolutism

30 Outubro 2024, 12:30 • Adelaide Victória Pereira Grandela Meira Serras

Hobbes's absolutist theory as explained in "Of Commonwelath", Leviathan. The difference between his theory and French political absolutist practice theorised by Bossuet.

The reception of Hobbes's Leviathan in England after the Restoration, in 1660. The  monarch's role in Charles II's time. The shift from Cromwellian austerity and the impact of the p,ahue and the great fire of London.
The consequences of James II's attempt to tge national return to Catholicism: deposition and the building of a new  model of monarchy.

Written test

25 Outubro 2024, 12:30 • Adelaide Victória Pereira Grandela Meira Serras

Written test.

Revisions

23 Outubro 2024, 12:30 • Adelaide Victória Pereira Grandela Meira Serras

Preparation for the written test which will take place on the 25th at Anf. I.

The Civil War

18 Outubro 2024, 12:30 • Adelaide Victória Pereira Grandela Meira Serras

The civil War and Oliver Cromwell's role as parliamentary and military leader. The victory over the Royalists. The foundation of the Protectorate regime. The execution of the king  charged with tyranny and treason.

Oliver Cromwell's rule and the relevance of Puritanism in the  molding of the new regime.
Analysis of excerpts of Cromwell's speeches:

https://www.olivercromwell.org/Letters_and_speeches/speeches/Speech_5.pdf

https://www.olivercromwell.org/Letters_and_speeches/speeches/Speech_3.pdf