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Scrutinize the Society: What Dismantles English Commonwealth
- 1 Hunan University
- 2 Changjun High School
- 3 Nanjing Foreign Language School Xianlin Campus
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Abstract
Upon scrutinizing the study on field of Collapsing of English Commonwealth, we found the specific topic-the transition between Commonwealth and the Restoration blank for supplements. In specific, this essay analyzes that firstly, the Rump Parliament British Commonwealth collapsed for lacking of legitimacy, failing to maintain balance between interest groups, and losing the trust of citizens; furthermore, the New Model Army with its internal conflicts, who to support and tolerance towards diversified groups, did contribute to the collapse of the Commonwealth; mutually, these two factors made the Commonwealth have to maintain in power. In addition, this article analyzes the changes in British ideology before and after the Rump parliament from the perspective of ideological struggle and the important role of liberal ideology in this period, and discusses the impact of ideology on the restoration of the monarchy. Combining these three sections, this essay in a whole, presents a picture on the collapse of English Commonwealth, and the direct reason of restoration-to stabilize the conflicting society.
Keywords
ideology, legitimacy, the New Model Army, the Rump Parliament
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Gao,H.;Liu,Z.;Yuan,Y. (2025). Scrutinize the Society: What Dismantles English Commonwealth. Communications in Humanities Research,59,147-156.
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