Western and Eastern Europe: Differing Forms of Constitutionalism and Absolutism. "How does the appropriate balance of power within any sovereign nation depend upon the specific context of national traditions, cultural characteristics, or outside circumstance?" We would like you to consider at least four countries from the following: Dutch Republic, England, France, Prussia, Russia, etc. and cross both Western and Eastern Europe.
National traditions
The political institutions in use in the nation-state in the past.
Cultural characteristics
The features particular to a specific society in terms of arts, ideas and religion
Outside circumstances
Political, economic, or philosophical ideas, military rivalries/threats or territorial desires outside a sovereign nation-state.
Russia: "freed" serfs 1915
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