According to Montesquieu, there are three forms of government (despotism, republic and monarchy), each of which is based on a nature (what is) and on the principle (what makes it act, as the government should be) predominant. The primary purpose of all of them is conservation, and the best government is the one that best fits the people and their nature, although, generally speaking, he did think that a government with elected rulers would be the best. He was also the responsible for the idea of the 3 branches government. In this case, the legislative power is a branch that is also elected by the people. That's why it all fits Montesquieu's ideas.
One important advantage that primary soruces have over secondary sources is that primary sources offer a firsthand account of an event - b, which isn't the case with secondary sources. Although this leaves primary sources prone to being biased compared to secondary sources.
Basil I, also called the Macedonian and the founder of the
Macedonian dynasty of Byzantium, the dynasty whose rule was the most prosperous
time in the Byzantium history, started the revival of art and he ordered the
mosaic in order to, in his words, replace the one the impostors had broken.
