Author: Stanley Bertram Chrimes
Publisher: CUP Archive
ISBN:
Category : Constitutional history
Languages : en
Pages : 444
Book Description
English Constitutional Ideas in the Fifteenth Century
Author: Stanley Bertram Chrimes
Publisher: CUP Archive
ISBN:
Category : Constitutional history
Languages : en
Pages : 444
Book Description
Publisher: CUP Archive
ISBN:
Category : Constitutional history
Languages : en
Pages : 444
Book Description
The Constitutionalist Revolution
Author: Alan Cromartie
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1139457519
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 18
Book Description
An innovative account of English constitutional ideas from the mid-fifteenth century to the time of Charles I, showing how the emergence of grand claims for common law, the country's strange unwritten legal system, shaped England's cultural development. Though he does not neglect the role of narrowly religious disagreements, Cromartie brings out the way that 'religious' and 'secular' values came to be closely intertwined: to the majority of Charles's subjects, the rights of the clergy and the king were legal rights; the institutional structure of Church and state was an expression of monarchical power, obedience to the king and to the law was a religious duty. A proper understanding of this cluster of ideas reveals why Charles found England so difficult to control and why both parties in the civil war believed that they were fighting for established institutions.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1139457519
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 18
Book Description
An innovative account of English constitutional ideas from the mid-fifteenth century to the time of Charles I, showing how the emergence of grand claims for common law, the country's strange unwritten legal system, shaped England's cultural development. Though he does not neglect the role of narrowly religious disagreements, Cromartie brings out the way that 'religious' and 'secular' values came to be closely intertwined: to the majority of Charles's subjects, the rights of the clergy and the king were legal rights; the institutional structure of Church and state was an expression of monarchical power, obedience to the king and to the law was a religious duty. A proper understanding of this cluster of ideas reveals why Charles found England so difficult to control and why both parties in the civil war believed that they were fighting for established institutions.
The English Parliaments of Henry VII 1485-1504
Author: P. R. Cavill
Publisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 0191610267
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description
P.R. Cavill offers a major reinterpretation of early Tudor constitutional history. In the grand 'Whig' tradition, the parliaments of Henry VII were a disappointing retreat from the onward march towards parliamentary democracy. The king was at best indifferent and at worst hostile to parliament; its meetings were cowed and quiescent, subservient to the royal will. Yet little research has tested these assumptions. Drawing on extensive archival research, Cavill challenges existing accounts and revises our understanding of the period. Neither to the king nor to his subjects did parliament appear to be a waning institution, fading before the waxing power of the crown. For a ruler in Henry's vulnerable position, parliament helped to restore royal authority by securing the good governance that legitimated his regime. For his subjects, parliament served as a medium through which to communicate with the government and to shape - and, on occasion, criticize - its policies. Because of the demands parliament made, its impact was felt throughout the kingdom, among ordinary people as well as among the elite. Cooperation between subjects and the crown, rather than conflict, characterized these parliaments. While for many scholars parliament did not truly come of age until the 1530s, when - freed from its medieval shackles - the modern institution came to embody the sovereign nation state, in this study Henry's reign emerges as a constitutionally innovative period. Ideas of parliamentary sovereignty were already beginning to be articulated. It was here that the foundations of the 'Tudor revolution in government' were being laid.
Publisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 0191610267
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description
P.R. Cavill offers a major reinterpretation of early Tudor constitutional history. In the grand 'Whig' tradition, the parliaments of Henry VII were a disappointing retreat from the onward march towards parliamentary democracy. The king was at best indifferent and at worst hostile to parliament; its meetings were cowed and quiescent, subservient to the royal will. Yet little research has tested these assumptions. Drawing on extensive archival research, Cavill challenges existing accounts and revises our understanding of the period. Neither to the king nor to his subjects did parliament appear to be a waning institution, fading before the waxing power of the crown. For a ruler in Henry's vulnerable position, parliament helped to restore royal authority by securing the good governance that legitimated his regime. For his subjects, parliament served as a medium through which to communicate with the government and to shape - and, on occasion, criticize - its policies. Because of the demands parliament made, its impact was felt throughout the kingdom, among ordinary people as well as among the elite. Cooperation between subjects and the crown, rather than conflict, characterized these parliaments. While for many scholars parliament did not truly come of age until the 1530s, when - freed from its medieval shackles - the modern institution came to embody the sovereign nation state, in this study Henry's reign emerges as a constitutionally innovative period. Ideas of parliamentary sovereignty were already beginning to be articulated. It was here that the foundations of the 'Tudor revolution in government' were being laid.
Edward IV
Author: Charles Ross
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520322568
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 639
Book Description
This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1974.
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520322568
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 639
Book Description
This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1974.
Richard II
Author: Anthony Steel
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107622085
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 335
Book Description
This 1941 monograph by historian Anthony Steel assesses the character and policies of Richard II, who reigned in a time of tremendous literary and artistic change which was also underpinned by great political and religious uncertainty. The book contains an introduction by distinguished historian G. M. Trevelyan.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107622085
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 335
Book Description
This 1941 monograph by historian Anthony Steel assesses the character and policies of Richard II, who reigned in a time of tremendous literary and artistic change which was also underpinned by great political and religious uncertainty. The book contains an introduction by distinguished historian G. M. Trevelyan.
The Later Middle Ages in England 1216 - 1485
Author: Bertie Wilkinson
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317873238
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 434
Book Description
This distinguished historical narrative of the Tudor period considers the major themes of the period: the resoration of order, reformation of the Church andthe opening phase in the development of a new England.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317873238
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 434
Book Description
This distinguished historical narrative of the Tudor period considers the major themes of the period: the resoration of order, reformation of the Church andthe opening phase in the development of a new England.
The Concept of Representation
Author: Hanna F. Pitkin
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520021563
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
This book arises out of Hannah Pitkin's doctoral dissertation and is considered by political scientists to be the gold standard in terms of a philosophical treatment of the subject. Pitkin covers the historical evolution of thinking about representation from the Greeks through the founding of the American republic highlighting diverse thinkers and politicians like Edmund Burke, Jeremy Bentham, and James Madison as well as more contemporary scholars like Robert Dahl and Charles Lindblom.
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520021563
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
This book arises out of Hannah Pitkin's doctoral dissertation and is considered by political scientists to be the gold standard in terms of a philosophical treatment of the subject. Pitkin covers the historical evolution of thinking about representation from the Greeks through the founding of the American republic highlighting diverse thinkers and politicians like Edmund Burke, Jeremy Bentham, and James Madison as well as more contemporary scholars like Robert Dahl and Charles Lindblom.
Historical Writing In England c.1307 to the Early Sixteenth Century
Author: Antonia Gransden
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000142914
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 804
Book Description
This book presents a detailed study of a thousand years of historical writing in England. It provides an excellent useful biography and a valuable guide to the principle chronicles for each reign in England.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000142914
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 804
Book Description
This book presents a detailed study of a thousand years of historical writing in England. It provides an excellent useful biography and a valuable guide to the principle chronicles for each reign in England.
The Common Lawyers of Pre-Reformation England
Author: E. W. Ives
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521240116
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 586
Book Description
The English common lawyers wielded their greatest influence in the late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries, with names like Fortescue, Littleton and More. In these years they were more than the only organized lay profession: in the infancy of statute, they, more than anyone, shaped and changed the law; they were the managerial elite of the country; they were the single most dynamic group in society. This book is a study of their formative impact on the whole of English life. Part I examines the legal profession, its position, recruitment, training and career structure, taking as an example the career of Thomas Kebell, a serjeant at-law from Leicestershire, for whom documentation is unusually complete. Part II analyses legal practice: how the lawyer acquired and kept clients, his relationship with them, the pattern of employment, the nature of practice as revealed in the year books, and the attitudes and approaches of the lawyer to the law. The third part considers the impact of the lawyers on substantive law and legal organization.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521240116
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 586
Book Description
The English common lawyers wielded their greatest influence in the late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries, with names like Fortescue, Littleton and More. In these years they were more than the only organized lay profession: in the infancy of statute, they, more than anyone, shaped and changed the law; they were the managerial elite of the country; they were the single most dynamic group in society. This book is a study of their formative impact on the whole of English life. Part I examines the legal profession, its position, recruitment, training and career structure, taking as an example the career of Thomas Kebell, a serjeant at-law from Leicestershire, for whom documentation is unusually complete. Part II analyses legal practice: how the lawyer acquired and kept clients, his relationship with them, the pattern of employment, the nature of practice as revealed in the year books, and the attitudes and approaches of the lawyer to the law. The third part considers the impact of the lawyers on substantive law and legal organization.
Prince Arthur
Author: Sean Cunningham
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1445647672
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 335
Book Description
The untold story of Henry VIII's elder brother, the Tudor king who never was.
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1445647672
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 335
Book Description
The untold story of Henry VIII's elder brother, the Tudor king who never was.