Description: Further DetailsTitle: The Origins of the English Parliament, 924-1327Condition: NewISBN-10: 0199645345EAN: 9780199645343ISBN: 9780199645343Publisher: Oxford University PressFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 02/23/2012Description: The Origins of the English Parliament is a magisterial account of the evolution of parliament, from its earliest beginnings in the late Anglo-Saxon period. Starting with the national assemblies which began to meet in the reign of King AEthelstan, it carries the story through to the fully fledged parliament of lords and commons of the early fourteenth century, which came to be seen as representative of the whole nation and which eventually sanctioned the deposition of the king himself in 1327. Throughout, J. R. Maddicott emphasizes parliament's evolution as a continuous process, underpinned by some important common themes. Over the four hundred years covered by the book the chief business of the assembly was always the discussion of national affairs, together with other matters central to the running of the state, such as legislation and justice. It was always a resolutely political body. But its development was also shaped by a series of unforeseen events and episodes. Chief among these were the Norman Conquest, the wars of Richard I and John, and the minority of Henry III. A major turning-point was reached in 1215, when Magna Carta established the need for general consent to taxation - a vital step towards the establishment of parliament itself in the next generation. Covering an exceptionally long time span, The Origins of the English Parliament takes readers to the roots of the English state's central institution, showing how the more familiar parliament of late medieval and early modern England came into being and illuminating the close relationship between particular political episodes and the course of institutional change. Above all, it shows how the origins of parliament lie not in the late thirteenth and early fourteenth centuries, as has usually been argued, but in a much more distant past.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: GBItem Height: 232mmItem Length: 155mmItem Width: 28mmItem Weight: 812gAuthor: J. R. MaddicottGenre: Law & PoliticsTopic: HistoryRelease Year: 2012 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: The Origins of the English Parliament, 924-1327
Title: The Origins of the English Parliament, 924-1327
ISBN-10: 0199645345
EAN: 9780199645343
ISBN: 9780199645343
Release Date: 02/23/2012
Release Year: 2012
Country/Region of Manufacture: GB
Genre: Law & Politics
Topic: History
Number of Pages: 544 Pages
Publication Name: Origins of the English Parliament, 924-1327
Language: English
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication Year: 2012
Item Height: 1.1 in
Subject: Europe / Great Britain / Norman Conquest to Late Medieval (1066-1485), Europe / Great Britain / Middle Ages (449-1066), Europe / General
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 28.6 Oz
Author: J. R. Maddicott
Item Length: 9.1 in
Subject Area: History
Item Width: 6.1 in
Format: Trade Paperback
