The Elizabethan House of Commons

It is an excusable simplification of history to say that the House of Commons as we know it today evolved during the sixteenth century. From a backwater in the medieval constitution it grew sufficiently in stature and scope to challenge even the Crown in the civil wars of the next century. In this d...

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Glavni autor: Neale, John Ernest, 1890-1975
Format: Livre papier
Jezik:Anglais
Izdano: Harmondsworth : Penguin Books 1963.
Serija:Peregrine Books Y37
Teme:
Bilješka: Appendice : List of Elizabethan Parliaments.
Autres localisations: Voir dans le Sudoc
Sadržaj:
  • The County.
  • County Elections: Preliminary Moves.
  • County Elections: At the County Court.
  • County Elections: The Montgomeryshire Election of 1588.
  • County Elections: The Denbighshire Elections of 1588 and 1601.
  • County Elections: The Rutland Election of 1601.
  • The Gentry and the Boroughs.
  • Boroughs Types.
  • Boroughs Patrons.
  • Boroughs Patrons: The Cinque Ports and the Duchy of Lancaster.
  • Borough Patrons: Essex and Cecil.
  • Borough Elections.
  • Borough Elections: Chichester and Gloucester.
  • The Government and Elections.
  • The Quality of the House.
  • Member's Wages and Election Costs.
  • The Officers of the House.
  • The Opening of Parliament.
  • Procedure.
  • The close of the Session.