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Aargau, canton of Baden, adoption of Basel constitution, adoption of Basel constitution, 121n189 121n189 Balthasar, Franz Urs von, 56 cantonal sovereignty and, 154–55 Barbeyrac, Jean, 35–36n32, 37, 44, closing of cloisters at, 270–71, 294, 297 44n74, 113. See also natural law theory expulsion of Jesuits, 275 Barth, Karl, 226 practice of Catholicism in, 270 Basel, canton of reclaiming of by Bern, 141–43 constitution, 1789, 120–21, 121n189 reform constitution, 186n65 Enlightenment societies, 68 Ab Egg, Carl Joseph, 15, 51–52 entry into the Eidgenossenschaft , Ab Yberg, Th eodor, 209–11, 213, 215 10–11 academic freedom (Lehrfreiheit), patriciate in, 110 231n43, 253–56 popular uprisings, 115 Act of Mediation. See Mediation era reform groups, 66 Addison, Joseph, 57, 63n164 in the Sarnerbund, 211n161 Age of Revolution, 1–9, 24 Basel-City (Basel-Stadt) half-canton Alte Land Schwyz. See Schwyz: Alte Land mediation eff orts during Sonderbund Schwyz crisis, 309 Angehörige (dependents), 180 in the Sarnerbund 201–2, 211n161 Anonymous Letters (Léger), 44 invitation to join the Sonderbund, antiquity. See classical republics; 297n33 tradition, as authority Basel-Land (Basel-Landschaft ) half- Appenzeller Zeitung (newspaper), 298 canton Appenzell, canton of establishment, 195 entry into the Eidgenossenschaft , 10 at Federal Diet, 1833, 207 as half-cantons, 191n85 popular sovereignty disputes, 194–95 liberty/freedom in, 120 Batavian Republic, 109 Appenzell-Innerrhoden, invitation to Battle of Leipzig, 1813, 137 join the Sonderbund, 297n33 Beisassen (non-citizen residents). Aristotle, 47 See also Schwyz, canton of Assemblée populaire, 285 expulsion from the Landsgemeinde, assemblies, meetings and protests. See 32, 118, 167–68 also Landsgemeinde military service, 181–82, 181n41 Vaud, 276, 282–84 rights of, debates about, 169, 174–84, Zurich, 41, 245, 251 189n35 atheism, 227 Beleuchtung des Rückblickes auf ein Aufk lärung, Zurich, 57, 57n130. See also Memorial der neuen Landleute Enlightenment, European (Siegwart-Müller), 176–77, 178n31, Ausser Land Schwyz. See Schwyz: Ausser 180–81, 180n35, 183–84 Land Schwyz Bellmont, Anton, 181–82, 181n41 Austria Benziger, Josef Carl, 193, 197, 204, Bern treaties with, 159 213 1848 revolution in, 317 Bern, canton of. See also Vaud, involvement in Swiss politics canton of: Pays de Vaud 1799 invasion, 130 adoption of Basel constitution, the Sonderbund, 291, 304, 313–14 121n189 Vaud independence, 144 Äusserer Stand, 60n146 role in European politics, 102 citizenship, 32, 154–55 350 index

entry into the Eidgenossenschaft , 10 political tracts, 56n126 as ideal republic, 19–20n65, 53–54, radical republicanism of, 64 146–47 reform goals and methods, 57–63, as patrician oligarchy, 11, 32–33, 104 60–61n148, 69n194, 84 Pays de Vaud Bourgeois, Louis, 279 acquisition, 141–43 bourgeoisie, political participation legitimacy of rule over, 107–8, Bern, 95 162–63, 163n104 Geneva, 43–44, 45n79 political culture Lausanne, 32 and debates about forms Breitinger, Johan Jakob, 57, 59 of government, 140 Brissot, Jacques-Pierre, 81 principle of self-rule, 31–32 Brune, Guillaume Marie Anne reform societies and movements, arrival in Lausanne, 114 60n146, 68–69 partitioning proposal, 102n107, republicanism in, 11n32, 53n113 120–21, 120n187 reform constitution, 186n65 support for Inner Swiss constitutions, relations with France 121n190, 126 French occupation, 109–10, Bullinger, Heinrich, 18 114–15, 118 Bürgerschaft , Bürger negotiations with French Directory, Bern 106–8, 106n125 authority of, 149 recognition of the French rights and privileges, 32 Republic, 101 Schwyz threats to government authority earned rights, 126–27, 181–82 from, 83, 100–1 inherited rights and return to Old Regime, 141–42, 145 privileges, 125 subject territories, 33, 142, Zurich 147–48, 153 changing defi nitions, 188n74, 219 Vaud independence Gemeinde (community), 40 discussions about citizen rights and popular sovereignty, 34, 38–39, and equality, 166 41, 94n75 and discussions of good responsibilities/duties, 43, 58, governance, 162–65 60n146, 62 and discussions of legitimate Burlamaqui, Jean-Jacques, 37, 44, 44n74. government, 113n158, 152–56 See also natural law theory fi nal settlement, 161, 266 military threats, 150, 161 cantonal sovereignty. See also specifi c monetary claims/compensation, cantons 151, 157–61 anti-Jesuit legislation and, 274–75 pamphlet war, 140–41, 150–57 Diet assurances regarding, 11, 186, and social contract theory, 308–9 165–66 political asylum debate, 270 Bible, the, 226–28, 226n22, 230 primacy of in Swiss political system, bicameral legislature, 320, 323 12, 270, 280, 291, 303–4 Blanchenay, Louis, 283 public debates about, 294, 297–98 Blickle, Peter, 13 reaffi rmation of in 1848 Federal Bluntschli, Johann Caspar, 249, 281, Constitution, 318–20 299, 315 cantons. See also specifi c cantons Bodin, Jean, 19 agreements and cooperation among, Bodmer, Johann Jakob 10, 189, 189n77 advocacy of educational reform, consolidation eff orts, 129–30 69n194 divisions and factions among, 11–12 commercial republicanism, 58, 68 as governing units, 10, 117, Grebel Aff air, 64–65 267–69