Author: DAVIES, R. G. AND J. H. DENTON
Title: The English Parliament in the Middle Ages
Description: Oxford: Manchester University Press, 1999. Reprint. Hardcover. ISBN: 081227802X. Dustjacket has minor shelfwear and rubbing. Book has bumped corners and spine. ; Special edition for Sandpiper Reprint of 1981.; 8vo; 214 pages; The problems of the origins, development and character of the 'Mother of Parliaments' have always been subjects of controversy among medievalists. In this volume seven leading scholars review past debates and explore fresh lines of enquiry. They clarify the procedures and influences which created the distinctive features of the English representative assembly and deal with topics including the 'pre-history' of Parliament, its development in relation to royal demands and the needs of war, and the relationship between clerical and parliamentary assemblies. 1. The Prehistory of Parliament by J. C. HOLT 2. The Formation of Parliament, 1272-1377 by G. L. HARRIS 3. Parliament and the Constituencies, 1272-1377 by J. R. Maddicott 4. The Clergy and Parliament in the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries by J. H. Denton 5. Parliament, c. 1377-1422 by A. L. Brown 6. Parliament, 1422-1509 by A. R. Myers 7. A Seventeenth-century Perspective by D. H. Pennington Bibliography of the Published Writings of John Smith Roskell, 1937-79. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket .

Keywords: 081227802X England English History Magna Carta Mediaeval Medieval


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