REALITIES OF REPRESENTATION: STATE BUILDING IN EARLY MODERN EUROPE AND EUROPEAN AMERICA; ED. BY MAIJA JANSSON

This books examines the idea of representation and the institutional realities that shaped it in early modern Europe and European America. Contributors demonstrate how a country's history, society, and national experience dictate how representation is realized in political institutions, including Cortes, diets, parlements, parliaments, riksdags and reichstags. During the 16th and 17th centuries these assemblies were dissolved, recalled, reinvented, and reshaped by the experiences of absolute monarchy, civil war, and revolution. This collection reveals how these institutions were a critical component of state building. Cover......Page 1 Contents......Page 8 List of Illustrations......Page 10 Notes on Contributors......Page 12 Introduction: Realities of Representation: State Building in Early Modern Europe and European America......Page 16 1 The Representation of the People in Eighteenth-Century Britain......Page 34 2 Parliament and the Idea of Political Accountability in Early Modern Britain......Page 60 3 Boroughmongering, Biography, and the Reform of Parliament: James Boswell and the Earl of Lonsdale......Page 78 4 The Unrepresentable French?......Page 90 5 Noble Corporations and Provincial Diets in the Ecclesiastical Principalities of the Holy Roman Empire ca. 1648–1802......Page 108 6 Power, Politics and Parliament in Seventeenth-Century Ireland......Page 128 7 Repression and Representation: Political Culture in Early Modern Scandinavia......Page 148 8 An Unbalanced Representation: The Nature and Functions of the Cortes of Castile in the Habsburg Period (1538–1698)......Page 164 9 Traditions of Consensual Governance in the Construction of State Authority in the Early Modern Empires in America......Page 186 10 Governing a Colony pas commes les autres: The Dilemmas of Unplanned Conquest......Page 202 Conclusion: New Approaches to Early Modern Representation......Page 218 Afterword: Representative Government: How Sure a Thing?......Page 230 B......Page 240 C......Page 242 E......Page 243 F......Page 244 I......Page 245 L......Page 246 N......Page 247 P......Page 248 S......Page 249 T......Page 250 W......Page 251 Z......Page 252 Modern Europe And European America / Maija Jansson -- The Representation Of The People In Eighteenth-century Britain / H.t. Dickinson -- Parliament And The Idea Of Political Accountability In Early Modern Britain / Paul Seaward -- Boroughmongering, Biography, And The Reform Of Parliament: James Boswell And The Earl Of Lonsdale / Gordon Turnbull -- The Unpresentable French? / David A. Bell -- Noble Corporation And Provincial Diets In The Ecclesiastical Principalities Of The Holy Roman Empire Ca. 1648-1802 / Ronald G. Asch -- Power, Politics And Parliament In Seventeenth Century Ireland / Jane Ohlmeyer -- Repression And Representation: Political Culture In Early Modern Scandinavia / Knud J.v. Jespersen -- An Unbalanced Representation: The Nature And Functions Of The Cortes Of Castile In The Habsburg Period (1538-1698) / Jose Ignacio Fortea Perez -- Traditions Of Consensual Governance In The Construction Of State Authority In The Early Modern Empires In America / Jack P. Greene -- Governing A Colony Pas Commes Les Autres: The Dilemmas Of Unplanned Conquest / Ramsay Cook -- New Approaches To Early Modern Representation / Steven Pincus -- Representative Government: How Sure A Thing? / Robert Zaller. Edited By Maija Jansson. Revisions Of Papers Presented At A Conference Entitled Parliaments, Peoples, And Powers Held At Yale University In 2005. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. This book offers an examination of the idea of representation and the institutional realities that shaped it in early modern Europe and European America. Contributors demonstrate how a country's history, society, and national experience dictate how representation is realized in political institutions, including parliaments, riksdags and reichstags.