House of Lords in the Parliaments of Edward VI and Mary I - An Institutional Study

Klappentext This volume is a systematic institutional study of the sixteenth-century Upper House. Zusammenfassung In the past the House of Lords has been the Cinderella of parliamentary history. This is a systematic institutional study of the sixteenth-century Upper House. Not only does it chart its composition and quality! its record of attendance! activity and conflicting centrifugal and centripetal forces! it also examines the role of the legal assistants. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction; 2. The composition of the House; 3. The quality of the House; 4. Attendance and activity, absenteeism and management; 5. Cohesion and division; 6. The Lords' inheritance: clerks and assistants to the House; 7. The rules of business: procedure; 8. The legislative record of the mid-Tudor Lords.

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• Authors: Michael A. R. Graves, Michael A. R. (University of Auckland) Graves, Graves Michael A. R.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.10.2008
• EAN: 9780521086097
• ISBN: 978-0-521-08609-7
• No. of pages: 332
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration; England, European History, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Affairs & Administration, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Stuart Era (1603-1714), British & Irish history, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, c 1500 to c 1600, Central / national / federal government, Central government