Comments on: Taking Liberties http://thehistoricalshiver.wordpress.com/2008/11/11/taking-liberties/ Just another WordPress.com weblog Wed, 04 Feb 2009 16:16:36 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: thehistoricalshiver http://thehistoricalshiver.wordpress.com/2008/11/11/taking-liberties/#comment-10 thehistoricalshiver Wed, 04 Feb 2009 16:16:36 +0000 http://thehistoricalshiver.wordpress.com/?p=49#comment-10 Hi Warren, interesting point! I'm trying to remember whether there were any sections on local/regional identities or not. There was a whole section on the '4 nations' but I'm not sure whether there were any regional documents within that... I'm taking my class on a trip next Wednesday though, so I'll keep an eye out. Hi Warren, interesting point! I’m trying to remember whether there were any sections on local/regional identities or not. There was a whole section on the ‘4 nations’ but I’m not sure whether there were any regional documents within that… I’m taking my class on a trip next Wednesday though, so I’ll keep an eye out.

]]> By: Warren http://thehistoricalshiver.wordpress.com/2008/11/11/taking-liberties/#comment-9 Warren Fri, 30 Jan 2009 17:40:39 +0000 http://thehistoricalshiver.wordpress.com/?p=49#comment-9 I thought it was good, too. And ditto about all those documents. In practice, it was more about the constitution (such as it is) than about liberties. Maybe that goes with the territory. And what struck me most (localist in tooth and claw as I am) was how centralist/national the whole thing was. I didn't see any expression of regional or local identity/liberties/expression in the whole exhibition (though I did skip a few bits as I had a meeting). As a non-historian, the exhibition helped me understand, I think, how power got to be so centralised. I thought it was good, too. And ditto about all those documents. In practice, it was more about the constitution (such as it is) than about liberties. Maybe that goes with the territory.

And what struck me most (localist in tooth and claw as I am) was how centralist/national the whole thing was. I didn’t see any expression of regional or local identity/liberties/expression in the whole exhibition (though I did skip a few bits as I had a meeting). As a non-historian, the exhibition helped me understand, I think, how power got to be so centralised.

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