The Parliaments of Early Modern Europe: 1400 - 1700

ISBN-13: 9781138166257 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 240 str.

M. A. R. Graves

Opis

This comparative survey of the emergence and development of Parliaments in Catholic Christendom from the thirteenth century provides a rich and wide-ranging examination of the emergence and development of Parliaments. The chief focus is the period between the fifteenth and seventeenth centuries,when Europe was dramatically changed by the Renaissance, the  Reformation and the growth of composite monarchies which brought together diverse territories under their rule.

Spis treści

Introduction PART ONE THE PARLIAMENTARY STORY 1. The Origin and Growth of European Parliaments until the Fifteenth Century 2. Parliaments in a Time of Change: Europe in the Fifteenth Century 3. Religious Reformation and Political Change, War and Rebellion: Their impact on Parliaments in the Sixteenth Century: I 4. Religious Reformation and Political Change, War and Rebellion: Their impact on Parliaments in the Sixteenth Century: II 5. Mixed Fortunes of Seventeenth-century Parliaments: Eclipse, Survivla and Triumph PART TWO THE CHARACTERISTICS OF EARLY MODERN PARLIAMENTS 6. Representation and Membership 7. Business and the Manner of its Transaction 8. Reflections on Counsel and Consent Index

O autorze

M.A.R. Graves