On the Harrington School and the Oceanic Paradigm in the Early Modern England
The Harringtonines are a group of utopian thinkers and moderate constitutional republicans in early modern England.During the revolutionary update and the enlightenment movement,they published successively many works and essays,to renew the country's political system,on the great questions of the constitution of the state,the hereditary aristocracy,consultative or a bicameral legislature,whether the officials should rotate,federalism or unitary,legislators and executives'duty,the army's formation and command and so on.It expresses their views on and corrects the forms of national government,namely the principles on the state,constitutional monarchy,aristocratic system,and shows their pursuit of power balance,universal suffrage,cheap government and harmonious relationship between military troops and government,official supervision and so on,thus forming the Paradigm of Atlantic in the academic history.Introducing and evaluating the research model of this school helps the academic community to recognize the important position and influence of the Harrington School in British political history.
Early Modern EnglandHarrington SchoolParadigm of AtlanticModerate Constitutional Republican