A Well Regulated Militia Political and Military Organisation in Pre-Napoleonic Switzerland (1550-1799)

A Well Regulated Militia Political and Military Organisation in Pre-Napoleonic Switzerland (1550-1799)

The period sees the transition of the ordinary fighter from feudal levy, yeoman or city burgher militia, to subject in an absolute polity, to today’s concept of the free citizen in a democratic state. In the period, the Swiss Confederacy was the only major polity that was not monarchical, but republ...

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Main Author: Gassmann Jürg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Bern Open Publishing 2016-04-01
Series:Acta Periodica Duellatorum
Subjects:
Militia
democracy
absolutism
gute Policey
military organisation
Switzerland
2nd Amendment
constitution
city-state
war
Natural Law
Online Access:http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/apd.2016.4.issue-1/apd-2016-0002/apd-2016-0002.xml?format=INT
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A Well Regulated Militia Political and Military Organisation in Pre-Napoleonic Switzerland (1550-1799)
Acta Periodica Duellatorum
Militia
democracy
absolutism
gute Policey
military organisation
Switzerland
2nd Amendment
constitution
city-state
war
Natural Law
author_facet Gassmann Jürg
author_sort Gassmann Jürg
title A Well Regulated Militia Political and Military Organisation in Pre-Napoleonic Switzerland (1550-1799)
title_short A Well Regulated Militia Political and Military Organisation in Pre-Napoleonic Switzerland (1550-1799)
title_full A Well Regulated Militia Political and Military Organisation in Pre-Napoleonic Switzerland (1550-1799)
title_fullStr A Well Regulated Militia Political and Military Organisation in Pre-Napoleonic Switzerland (1550-1799)
title_full_unstemmed A Well Regulated Militia Political and Military Organisation in Pre-Napoleonic Switzerland (1550-1799)
title_sort well regulated militia political and military organisation in pre-napoleonic switzerland (1550-1799)
publisher Bern Open Publishing
series Acta Periodica Duellatorum
issn 2064-0404
publishDate 2016-04-01
description The period sees the transition of the ordinary fighter from feudal levy, yeoman or city burgher militia, to subject in an absolute polity, to today’s concept of the free citizen in a democratic state. In the period, the Swiss Confederacy was the only major polity that was not monarchical, but republican, and at the same time eschewed a standing army in favour of continued reliance on militia throughout.
topic Militia
democracy
absolutism
gute Policey
military organisation
Switzerland
2nd Amendment
constitution
city-state
war
Natural Law
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