The Study Of The Origin Of Representative DemocraticThought

Representative system as a system design first appeared in the17th Century, and now more and more countries have been accepted representative system managing the states and social. Representative democracy is also called indirect democracy, people manage state affairs by the way of electing agents. Many ideas and thoughts of modern politics is produced in the Middle Ages, representative system as a kind of thought also producted in the Middle Ages. The origin of Medieval representative democratic ideas can be described as a variety of ideological conflict, the process of integration and evolution. Including the democratic ideas of Germanic barbarians, the idea of Christian equality, and the contractual relationships in the Middle Ages etc.Re-study of Roman law in the12th century, the study of the source of political authority and the thought of "concerning all things need to get everyone’s agreement" are gradually coming to the ground.The Germans on the state power originates from the people’s ideas combined with The ancient Greek and Rome Polis democracy thoughts, formed a powerful ideological trend and accepted by the people and the rulers. In13th century, after the revolution of Aristotle, Aristotle’s interpretation of the polis democracy provided further theoretical support of medieval European democracy.Thinkers such as Thomas Aquinas,Marsilius,John, Bartolus absorbed Aristotle polis democratic thoughts and applied them to the political realities of the Middle Ages. In13th Century the European countries gradually emerged the three Parliament which including civilians, nobles, priests. Parliament discussed the issues including a series of national legislation, taxation, administrative, judicial and other national matters. People handed their power to the rulers, then when the ruler do nothing, whether people have rights to take their power back? The thinkers of the late Middle Ages gave a fairly detailed description of this problem. Manegold of Lautenbach firstly explained the relationship between the rulers and the people. He believed that the people elected rulers to uphold justice, if he violated the agreement and commitment of the election, the people have the right to lift his loyalty, because people will not be subject to a violent and useless rulers.