> nonviolent change of power from royalty to the people So regicide doesn't count as violence? Also, as mentioned down-thread, we had a pretty bloody civil war

> nonviolent change of power from royalty to the people So regicide doesn't count as violence? Also, as mentioned down-thread, we had a pretty bloody civil war here, which replaced the monarchy with a 'Lord Protector' which ultimately amounted to the same thing by another name and so we decided the monarchy wasn't that bad, as long as parliament kept the worst excesses in check.