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Linda Colley

The Gun, the Ship, and the Pen: Warfare, Constitutions, and the Making of the Modern World

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Toussaint Louverture proclaiming the Constitution of the Republic of Haiti

Contagious Constitutions

In her new book, Colley shows how written constitutions developed both as a way to further justify rulers and to turn rebellions into legitimate governments.

by Jenny Uglow via New York Review of Books on June 3, 2021

Silhouette with pieces of constitutions and other prints inside

When Constitutions Took Over the World

Was this new age spurred by the ideals of the Enlightenment or by the imperatives of global warfare?

by Jill Lepore via The New Yorker on March 22, 2021

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