Sumários
20 Outubro 2021, 15:30
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Adelaide Victória Pereira Grandela Meira Serras
Historical context:
The end of Cromwell's Protectorate (1659) and the void of power. The opening of negotiations with Prince Charles Stuart. The signing of the Declaration of Breda and its political meaning: the limitations of royal power and the role of Parliament.
The Restoration (1660) and the role of the king under the new monarchical regime in contrast with French absolutism and James's II attempt yo emulate it.
The Glorious Revolution (1688): King James II deposition, Opposition offered the throne to Mary Stuart (one of the King's daughters) together with her husband, William of Orange. The signing of the Settlement Act.
Locke's Second Treatise of Government as the inspirational document of the newly founded Constitutional monarchy.
Reading of excerpts of the treatise on the emergence of a commonwealth, the meaning of compact and Locke's theory on Property.
18 Outubro 2021, 15:30
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Adelaide Victória Pereira Grandela Meira Serras
Locke's Second Treatise of Government:
Comparative analysis between his and Hobbes's notions on the state of nature and the state of war.
The division of power: executive power (performed by the monarch); federative power (also performed by the monarch), i.e. he right to act internationally according to the law of nature; and legislative power, the supreme power in the hands of parliament and the ultimate authority of the commonwealth.
13 Outubro 2021, 15:30
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Adelaide Victória Pereira Grandela Meira Serras
Approach of seminal points of Hobbes's political theory, especially the notion of co-responsibility inherent to the covenant.
Reactions for and against Hobbes's proposal and its impact on Charles' II ruling.
11 Outubro 2021, 15:30
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Adelaide Victória Pereira Grandela Meira Serras
Reafing of some of Oliver Cromwell's speeches. From Parliamentary leader to pragmatical absolutist ruler.
Cromwell's defense of English maritime trade.
His military dominion over Ireland.
The new puritan way of life.
6 Outubro 2021, 15:30
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Adelaide Victória Pereira Grandela Meira Serras
The English Civil war.
The role of Parliament and its growing conflict with the king.
The emergence of two factions: royalists and roundheads.
The rise of a new leader:,Oliver Cromwell in tandem with the affirmation of Puritanism.
The end of the war and the condemnation and execution of the King.
The figure of the Lord Protector.