Abstract
The article analyzes the views of the English enlighteners (J. Locke, D. Defoe, R. Style, J. Swift, Bolingbroke, marquis of Halifax, W. Temple) on the constitutional monarchy established during their lifetime. Direct participation in the work of state institutions (Parliament), close acquaintance with the chief Ministers of the Kingdom, writing articles on their behalf — all this contributed to the formulation of the main concepts that form the basis of the liberal model of democracy. This model included, first of all, the theories of “social contract”, “division and balance” of the branches of power, which the enlighteners discussed in their works. It seems that it was the establishment of a constitutional monarchy after the Glorious Revolution of 1688—1689, whose staunch supporters were English intellectuals, that gave rise to the development of such theories.
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