tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4210201409292598912.post6218831245068411385..comments2022-03-30T11:11:56.955+02:00Comments on The Holy Thorn - La Santa Espina: On Government - Del Govern.Salvadorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07409903918107193431noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4210201409292598912.post-43886589523189365392011-10-22T00:32:31.535+02:002011-10-22T00:32:31.535+02:00Quite right you are... In case of the "3rd&qu...Quite right you are... In case of the "3rd" it's the representatives from the cities; of course they can be from guilds, or they may be from the patrician class, depending on who rules then...<br /><br />I guess that, if the Bourbons should have not won the WSS in Catalonia, a process alike that of Scotland regarding enlightenment could have carried on. There were seven universities before Philip d'Anjou closed them, opening a mediocre one far from the former centers, for example.Economically, the Catalans had developed a strong commerce with Northern Europe, the Netherlands and Britain, and were the most enterprising country in the Spanish monarchy...<br /><br />But on topic, yes. A restricted representative parliamentary republic, the exact form of which is still in development...Salvadorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07409903918107193431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4210201409292598912.post-34974631301874399272011-10-20T23:17:17.615+02:002011-10-20T23:17:17.615+02:00A Republic, but not fully 'democratic' in ...A Republic, but not fully 'democratic' in the modern sense, since each of the 3 old 'Orders' (<i>Orantes</i>, <i>Pugnantes</i>, <i>Laborantes</i>: clergy / (warrior) nobility / '3rd state') has the name number of representative, regardless of the size of the population it represents? 'Normal', actually, for a 18th C. Republic. And I suppose that only males -and, for the '3rd state', only those with a sufficient wealth (<i>sufragi censatari</i> / <i>restringit</i>)- can vote?abdul666https://www.blogger.com/profile/16172686098173637906noreply@blogger.com