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<blockquote data-quote="Ravellion" data-source="post: 351521" data-attributes="member: 538"><p>Alright, I wasn't specific enough. It really depends on your terminology. The first modern republic might be better, but still not clear. If you are interested in the development of non-monarchic government, go to the local library, since I couldn't find a text in English (only in Dutch, and I am NOT going to translate that many pages).</p><p></p><p>What was interesting about the Dutch republic was that there were two very large eras (about 40% or so of the existence of the republic, I think about 50 years IIRC) that did not have a stadhouder, a president if you will, and that it was just the 7 representatives of the provinces who governed. All in all, in Rome, the republic was a lot less democratic (though my memory of ancient Rome is rusty... it was 12 years ago I dealt with that in "High School").</p><p></p><p>Perhaps I'll translate this later (perhaps I'll be able to find the original, bacause this is already a translation), if I have the time. It is an account of the English Ambassador Sir Willian Temple, in 1672, about the Dutch state:</p><p></p><p>Commentaar van Sir Willian Temple, Engels ambassadeur (1672)</p><p>"Het is duidelijk [...] dat deze Staat (die dateert van de Unie van Utrecht) niet echt een gemenebest genoemd kan worden, maar eerder een verbond is van zeven Souvereine Provincies, met elkaar verenigd voor hun gemeenschappelijke en wederzijdse defensie, maar zonder enige afhankelijkheid van elkaar. Maar om de aard van hun regering (...) te ontdekken, moet die in nog kleinere onderdelen uit elkaar gehaald worden, waardoor zal blijken, dat elk van deze Provincies op haar beurt is samengesteld uit vele kleine staatjes en steden, die elk op zich verschillende kenmerken van souvereine macht hebben, en die niet onderworpen zijn aan de souvereiniteit van hun Provincie. In de Provinciale Staten worden besluiten immers niet genomen bij meerderheid van stemmen, maar door algehele eenstemmigheid. Want zoals de Staten-Generaal geen oorlog kunnen verklaren, of vrede kunnen sluiten, of een nieuw bondgenootschap kunnen aangaan, of belastingen kunnen heffen zonder de instemming van elke provincie, zo kunnen de Staten-Generaal eigenlijk niets van dit alles doen zonder de instemming van elk van de steden die een stem hebben in de Provinciale Statenvergadering".</p><p></p><p>Source: <a href="http://www.geschiedenis.nl" target="_blank">www.geschiedenis.nl</a></p><p></p><p>Let me know if you would like me to translate this, because that would be a lot of work... I won't do it if you are only marginally interested. This still doesn't give all the information you require though. (It doesn't compare with Rome, it just gives an objective account)</p><p></p><p>Rav</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ravellion, post: 351521, member: 538"] Alright, I wasn't specific enough. It really depends on your terminology. The first modern republic might be better, but still not clear. If you are interested in the development of non-monarchic government, go to the local library, since I couldn't find a text in English (only in Dutch, and I am NOT going to translate that many pages). What was interesting about the Dutch republic was that there were two very large eras (about 40% or so of the existence of the republic, I think about 50 years IIRC) that did not have a stadhouder, a president if you will, and that it was just the 7 representatives of the provinces who governed. All in all, in Rome, the republic was a lot less democratic (though my memory of ancient Rome is rusty... it was 12 years ago I dealt with that in "High School"). Perhaps I'll translate this later (perhaps I'll be able to find the original, bacause this is already a translation), if I have the time. It is an account of the English Ambassador Sir Willian Temple, in 1672, about the Dutch state: Commentaar van Sir Willian Temple, Engels ambassadeur (1672) "Het is duidelijk [...] dat deze Staat (die dateert van de Unie van Utrecht) niet echt een gemenebest genoemd kan worden, maar eerder een verbond is van zeven Souvereine Provincies, met elkaar verenigd voor hun gemeenschappelijke en wederzijdse defensie, maar zonder enige afhankelijkheid van elkaar. Maar om de aard van hun regering (...) te ontdekken, moet die in nog kleinere onderdelen uit elkaar gehaald worden, waardoor zal blijken, dat elk van deze Provincies op haar beurt is samengesteld uit vele kleine staatjes en steden, die elk op zich verschillende kenmerken van souvereine macht hebben, en die niet onderworpen zijn aan de souvereiniteit van hun Provincie. In de Provinciale Staten worden besluiten immers niet genomen bij meerderheid van stemmen, maar door algehele eenstemmigheid. Want zoals de Staten-Generaal geen oorlog kunnen verklaren, of vrede kunnen sluiten, of een nieuw bondgenootschap kunnen aangaan, of belastingen kunnen heffen zonder de instemming van elke provincie, zo kunnen de Staten-Generaal eigenlijk niets van dit alles doen zonder de instemming van elk van de steden die een stem hebben in de Provinciale Statenvergadering". Source: [url]www.geschiedenis.nl[/url] Let me know if you would like me to translate this, because that would be a lot of work... I won't do it if you are only marginally interested. This still doesn't give all the information you require though. (It doesn't compare with Rome, it just gives an objective account) Rav [/QUOTE]
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