The Rise of Majority Rule in Early Modern Britain and Its Empire

ISBN-13: 9781108842495 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 330 str.

William J. Bulman

Opis

Explores the emergence of majority rule in the elected assemblies of early modern Britain and its Atlantic colonies over two centuries.

Recenzje

'Bulmans book gives very welcome attention to the history of institutions and mundane political practice. The diligence and depth of the research he has undertaken on 16th- and 17th-century parliamentary practice is extremely impressive, and it will encourage a more creative understanding of the interaction of parliamentary forms and political outcomes.' Paul Seaward, Parliamentary History

Spis treści

1. Introduction; 2. Consensus in the Commons, 1547–1642; 3. Consensus imperiled, 1640–1641; 4. Consensus destroyed, 1641–1643; 5. Revolutionary decisions, 1643–1660; 6. The majority institutionalized, 1660–1800; 7. Little parliaments in the Atlantic Colonies, 1613–1789; 8. Conclusion.