European political thought in the making of Greek liberalism: The second national assembly of 1862–1864 and the reception of John Stuart Mill's ideas in Greece |
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| Authors: | Paschalis M Kitromilides |
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| Institution: | Department of Political Science and Public Administration, Faculty of Law, Economics and Political Science , University of Athens , 19 Omirou Street, Athens, 106 72, Greece |
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| Abstract: | SUMMARY In this article, Maria Teresa Guerra Medici introduces evidence to support the view that in Europe some of the earliest examples of the concept of the democratic election of a leader of a community can be found in the rules for choosing the heads of monastic institutions. The article examines the rules that evolved for the election of abbesses by their convent and gives examples of how these rules were applied in practice to ensure that the choices made would be acceptable to the ecclesiastical and lay authorities. |
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