Project Gutenberg 2014-10-06 Public domain in the USA. 163 Freeman, Edward A. (Edward Augustus) 1823 1892 Freeman, E. A. (Edward Augustus) Freeman, Edward Augustus The Growth of the English Constitution from the Earliest Times Produced by Greg Bergquist, Turgut Dincer and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "The Growth of the English Constitution from the Earliest Times" by Edward A. Freeman is a historical account written in the late 19th century. This work explores the evolution of the English Constitution, tracing its roots back to ancient Teutonic institutions and their significance to contemporary governance. The author's primary focus is on how these early political systems influence modern political principles and structures. The opening of the text introduces the author’s intent to discuss the enduring legacy of ancient democratic practices, using the examples of the Swiss Cantons of Uri and Appenzell, which retain elements of their early democratic assemblies. Freeman emphasizes the importance of understanding these traditions to appreciate the development of England's constitutional history. He critiques the notion that modern institutions are entirely disconnected from their historical foundations, aiming instead to illuminate the continuity and adaptation of political systems from antiquity through the ages, leading to the formation of the modern English state. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 60.6 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Constitutional history -- Great Britain JN KD Text Category: History - British Category: History - Medieval/Middle Ages Category: History - Early Modern (c. 1450-1750) Category: History - Modern (1750+) Category: Politics 441216 2025-07-19T04:47:49.114660 text/html 423585 2024-10-24T11:16:46 text/html 267754 2025-07-19T04:47:54.787633 application/epub+zip 271272 2025-07-19T04:47:50.154651 application/epub+zip 234960 2025-07-19T04:47:49.616662 application/epub+zip 397982 2025-07-19T04:47:58.372610 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 353011 2025-07-19T04:47:54.232628 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 318005 2022-09-21T11:31:43.358460 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 370994 2025-07-19T04:47:48.454701 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 351136 2024-10-24T11:16:46 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17892 2025-07-19T04:47:58.504604 application/rdf+xml 15010 2025-07-19T04:47:49.724625 image/jpeg 2812 2025-07-19T04:47:49.671629 image/jpeg 237226 2025-07-19T04:47:49.151651 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia