Excerpt from A Chapter of the Old Slovenian Democracy State occupied a notable position of consequence among its kinsmen and deserved well for its share in the introduction of democratic rule. Until the Duke is installed, he is the holder of the State power, and it is from him that the Duke receives authority to rule the State. The nation desires a ruler, or a foreign ruler is imposed on it. Nevertheless it would fain remind the ruler that the people is the source of power. The people as a whole cannot be an actor in the ceremony it requires a protagonist, the ducal peasant, whose ancestors were fighters in the early struggle for national freedom. The nation is democratic, and its representative is a peasant, but a freeholder. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.