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Englands or later the UKs way towards democracy was quite gradual. But I think they were the first to kill their king „in the name of the people“ (1649) https
by vlz 3y ago
Englands or later the UKs way towards democracy was quite gradual.
But I think they were the first to kill their king „in the name of the people“ (1649)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Execution_of_Charles_I https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Execution_of_Charles_I
And then not much later deposed another king in 1688.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glorious_Revolution https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glorious_Revolution
While the country was not a republic right away these revolutionary events lead to a de facto rule by parliament and earlier I think than any other country I can think of (though how that parliament was voted for and who got to vote is another story)
- scarmig 3y agoThere are many examples of countries run by a republic of the elites that predate modern England. Venice, Greece, various Indian city states. You can always draw distinctions between them, but they don't seem fundamental.
- nicole_express 3y ago> But I think they were the first to kill their king „in the name of the people“ (1649) I suppose Tarquinius Superbus was exiled instead of executed, but 509 BC (in the traditional chronology, anyway) for the overthrow of the Roman kingdom sounds a little earlier than 1649.