Le roi, les lords et les Communes : monarchie mixte et états du royaume en Angleterre (XVIe-XVIIIe siècles)

King, Lords and Commons : Mixed Monarchy and Estates in Early Modern England In early modem England, the three estates underwent a drastic change in definition. The traditional division of the body politic -oratores, bellatores, laboratores -was gradually superseded by the King-in-Parliament. A mixed monarchy was deemed more perfect as it combined monarchy, aristocracy and democracy. How far did this polemical shift in emphasis correspond to an actual change in perception and representation? Using Mahland, as well as more recent analyses by Corinne C. Weston, M. Baridon or G. R. Elton, this article offers an anthropological approach to constitutional theory, from John Hooker to Bolingbroke and Blackstone.Cottret Bernard. Le roi, les lords et les Communes : monarchie mixte et états du royaume en Angleterre (XVIe-XVIIIe siècles). In: Annales. Économies, Sociétés, Civilisations. 41ᵉ année, N. 1, 1986. pp. 127-150