To examine the long-run origins of democracy and dictatorship, Downing focuses on the importance of medieval political configurations and of military modernization in the early modern period. Downing maintains that in late medieval times the development of constitutional arrangements predisposed Western Europe toward liberal democracy.
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To examine the long-run origins of democracy and dictatorship, Downing focuses on the importance of medieval political configurations and of military modernization in the early modern period. Downing maintains that in late medieval times the development of constitutional arrangements predisposed Western Europe toward liberal democracy.
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