Word: communing
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Dates: during 1922-1922
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...position is also new. It is indispensable for them to obtain a kind of self-government which allows them to establish a state of affairs that considers the necessities of commerce and industry. In many a city the princes resisted their attempts, and then they revolted to establish a 'commune' by force. All municipal constitutions, however, are not 'communes', for many have been brought about peacefully. The details of the city government vary throughout Europe, but everywhere the city presents two essential characteristics: it possesses a court of justice and an administrative council. The 'bourgeois' form a privileged class, like...