Continental European party systems date only from 1848 onward

Evidence

86 The Continental party system is of very recent date. With the exception of the French parties which date back to the French Revolution, no European country knew party representation prior to 1848. Parties came into being through formation of factions in Parliament. — Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism, 2464

Categorization

• DEFINE: Concretizes what distinguishes the Continental party system from the English one — the recent origins and Parliament-faction formation mechanism.
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism, 2464
• XREF: connects to: The European party system reigned unchallenged for barely four decades — Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism, 664; Dutch colonial Batavia had never seen a political assembly by Europeans before 1848

Broader Connections

• Dutch colonial Batavia had never seen a political assembly by Europeans before 1848 #corroborates (0.80)