HIS 3180 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Rump Parliament, Royal African Company, Levant Company
18 Mar 2016
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Rule of major generals 1656-1657 military dictatorship. What were limits of person"s duty to obey commands. Hobbs argued each of us possess sovereignty but surrender it for common good, expect to obey. Locke, 1670, argues sovereignty something you can reclaim. Raised allegiance of state and right to resist authority quesions. 1649, army cromwell able to defeat irish: drosheda, forced irish to yield to cromwell, 1652, forced to accept leg. Power in protestant regime: protestants dominate land and property. New model army, 1650-1651, bring scots under control, prevent presbyterian. 1662 1664, anglo dutch war: cromwell forces successful, dutch ask for place. Cromwell head successful ighing force - concept of ciizen. 1653, serve uncorrupts complains about government and new order under army. Execuive branch decapitated - people found hard to relate without head of state. Social order out of balance without house of lords.
