The seventy years of late Stuart and early Hanoverian Britain following 1680 were a crucial period in British politics and society, seeing the growth both of political parties and of stability. This collection of original essays provides a coherent account of Britain in the 'First Age of Party'.
The seventy years of late Stuart and early Hanoverian Britain following 1680 were a crucial period in British politics and society, seeing the grow...
Honouring the contribution made to British parliamentary history by one of its most celebrated administrators, this festschrift for Sir John Sainty, who served as clerk of the parliaments from 1983-1990, features an unrivalled selection of specialist essays on the administrative procedures of Britain's legislature.
Includes detailed and highly specialized research on the British parliament's administrative procedures
Features revealing essays on renowned parliamentary functionaries including Inigo Jones
Collects a wealth of new learning culled from the...
Honouring the contribution made to British parliamentary history by one of its most celebrated administrators, this festschrift for Sir John...
A Short History of Parliament is a comprehensive institutional history, not a political history of parliament, though politics is included where, as frequently occurred, institutional changes resulted from particular political events. It covers the English parliament from its origins, the pre-1707 Scottish parliament and the pre-1800 Irish parliament, the parliament of Great Britain from 1707 and the parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801, together with sections on the post-devolution parliaments and assemblies set up in the 1990s and on parliaments in the Isle of Man, the Channel Islands...
A Short History of Parliament is a comprehensive institutional history, not a political history of parliament, though politics is included where, as f...
