A Primer Of Greek Constitutional History PDF Download

Excerpt from A Handbook of Greek Constitutional History Origin of the city-state; the tribe and the clan, 12. Origin of Greek monarchy, 14 character of the heroic monarchy, 15; downfall of this monarchy, 17. Transfer of government to the clans, 19 nature of the clan, 20. The early aristocracies, 21; tendency to oligarchic govern ment, 22. Impulse to colonisation, 24. Early Greek tyranny, 25; its origin, 25 the tyrants, 27 character of their government, 30 how far was it constitutional, 31 political and social consequences of their rule, 32; downfall of tyranny, 33. Rise of constitutional government, 34. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.