The English Parliament in the Middle Ages
Author: R. G. Davies
Publisher:
Published: 1981
Total Pages: 336
ISBN-13:
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A History of Parliament
Author: Ronald Butt
Publisher: Constable Limited
Published: 1989
Total Pages: 714
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKNarrative framework of political history to describe the way parliament began and evolved through the Middle Ages.This volume is primarily concerned with the growth of parliamentary politics and power. It describes parliament's involvement in the depositions of Edward II and Richard II.
Women and Parliament in Later Medieval England
Author: W. Mark Ormrod
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: 2020-07-15
Total Pages: 156
ISBN-13: 3030452204
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis Palgrave Pivot provides the first ever comprehensive consideration of the part played by women in the workings and business of the English Parliament in the later Middle Ages. Breaking new ground, this book considers all aspects of women’s access to the highest court of medieval England. Women were active supplicants to the Crown in Parliament, and sometimes appeared there in person to prosecute cases or make political demands. It explores the positions of women of varying rank, from queens to peasants, vis-à-vis this male institution, where they very occasionally appeared in person but were more usually represented by written petitions. A full analysis of these petitions and of the official records of parliament reveals that there were a number of issues on which women consistently pressed for changes in the law and its administration, and where the Commons and the Crown either championed or refused to support reform. Such is the concentration of petitions on the subjects of dower and rape that these may justifiably be termed ‘women’s issues’ in the medieval Parliament.
English Parliament in the Middle Ages
Author: H. G. Richardson
Publisher: A&C Black
Published: 1981-07-01
Total Pages: 559
ISBN-13: 0826442692
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe English Parliament in the Middle Ages is a collection of 26 essays written by historians H. G. Richardson and G. O. Sayles between 1925 and 1967. These essays - some collaborative, and some written individually by Richardson and Sayles - illuminate various aspects of English parliamentary history, beginning with the origins of parliament. Brought together with a foreword and additional notes by G. O. Sayles, this volume provides a comprehensive reference point for all scholars interested in medieval bureaucracy and the history of law.
Justice and Grace
Author: Gwilym Dodd
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2007-07-26
Total Pages: 387
ISBN-13: 019920280X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFocussing on the key role of the English medieval parliament in hearing and determining the requests of the king's subjects, this ground-breaking new study examines the private petition and its place in the late medieval English parliament (c.1270-1450). Until now, historians have focussed on the political and financial significance of the English medieval parliament; this book offers an important re-evaluation placing the emphasis on parliament as a crucial element in the provisionof royal government and justice. It looks at the nature of medieval petitioning, how requests were written and how and why petitioners sought redress specifically in parliament. It also sheds new light on the concept of royal grace and its practical application to parliamentary petitions thatrequired the king's personal intervention.The book traces the development of private petitioning over a period of almost two hundred years, from a point when parliament was essentially an instrument of royal administration, to one where it was self-consciously dispatching petitions as the highest court of the land. Gwilym Dodd considers not only the detail of the petitionary process, but also broader questions about the government of late medieval England. His conclusions contribute to our understanding of the nature of medievalmonarchy, and its ability (or willingness) to address local difficulties, as well as the nature of local society, and the problems that faced individuals and communities in medieval society.
The Parliamentary Representation of the English Boroughs
Author: May McKisack
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2019-10-10
Total Pages: 159
ISBN-13: 0429632495
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOriginally published at 1932, this book, based on long research in municipal and borough records, attempts to correlate some of the evidence bearing on the representation of the towns of Medieval England, and to discover the answers to such basic questions as how the citizens were elected, paid, and taxed, what their function in parliament was, and what type of men they were. It is an essential study for all those concerned with the development of the English Parliamentary System.
Historical Studies of the English Parliament
Author: E. B. Fryde
Publisher: CUP Archive
Published: 1970
Total Pages: 404
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Origins of the English Parliament, 924-1327
Author: J. R. Maddicott
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2010-05-27
Total Pages: 543
ISBN-13: 0199585504
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA magisterial study of the evolution of the English parliament from its earliest origins in the late Anglo-Saxon period through to the fully fledged parliament of lords and commons which sanctioned the deposition of Edward II in 1327.
The Irish Parliament in the Middle Ages
Author: H. G. Richardson
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Published: 2016-11-11
Total Pages: 408
ISBN-13: 1512806013
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBased largely on manuscript material, this comprehensive account of the Irish Parliament in the Middle Ages shows that early Irish parliaments cannot be identified either in form or function with their modern namesake and, consequently, demonstrates that the concept of governmental democracy had a much slower, more gradual development than historians have heretofore believed. The history of the Irish Parliaments proper begins with that held at Castledermot in mid-June 1264. During the reign of Edward II and the early years of Edward III significant changes took place—changes, the authors, point out, similar to those taking place in the development of the English Parliament, though there were important differences. The book continues with a description of the Irish Parliament in the middle years of Edward III's reign and concludes with an account of the parliament at Drogheda held in 1494, when the passing of Poyning's Law brought the period of medieval parliaments to a close. The appendices include an almost complete list of the meetings convened between 1264 and 1494, as well as copies of documents that, the authors say, are the only means whereby a close glimpse may be had of the personnel and deliberations of the Privy Council.
The House of Lords in the Middle Ages
Author: John Enoch Powell
Publisher:
Published: 1968
Total Pages:
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