Origins of the English Parliament, 924-1327

Zusatztext thorough! compelling! and persuasive ... Maddicott makes a compelling case for English exceptionalism and in the process frames the terms in which the medieval parliament will be discussed and debated for generations. Informationen zum Autor John Maddicott taught at the University of Manchester and was a Fellow and Tutor in Medieval History at Exeter College, Oxford, from 1969 until 2006. A Fellow of the British Academy, he was also joint editor of the English Historical Review from 1990 to 2000. He gave the Ford Lectures at Oxford (from which this current book has developed) in 2004. He has published extensively on the political and social history of the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, with books on Thomas of Lancaster and Simon de Montfort, and has also written a number of leading articles on the Anglo-Saxon economy, his second area of interest. Klappentext A magisterial study of the evolution of the English parliament from its earliest origins in the late Anglo-Saxon period through to the fully fledged parliament of lords and commons which sanctioned the deposition of Edward II in 1327. Zusammenfassung A magisterial study of the evolution of the English parliament from its earliest origins in the late Anglo-Saxon period through to the fully fledged parliament of lords and commons which sanctioned the deposition of Edward II in 1327. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: Genesis: 'The Witan of the English People, c.920-1066 2: Confluence: English Council, Feudal Counsel, 1066-1189 3: Transformation: The Making of the Community of the Realm, 1189-1327 4: Establishment: The First Age of Parliamentary Politics, 1227-58 5: Consolidation: Parliament and Baronial Reform, 1258-72 6: Expansion: Parliament and Nation, 1272-1327 7: English Exceptionalism? The Peculiarities of the English Parliament. Conclusion Appendix: A List of Parliaments, 1235-57 Bibliography Index

Product details

• Authors: J. R. Maddicott, J. R. (Emeritus Fellow and Former Tutor Maddicott, J.r. Maddicott
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 06.03.2012
• EAN: 9780199645343
• ISBN: 978-0-19-964534-3
• No. of pages: 544
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political system; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Constitutions, Medieval History, Political structures: democracy, British & Irish history, c 1000 CE to c 1500, c 500 to c 1000 CE, European history: medieval period, middle ages, Constitution: government & the state, HISTORY / Europe / Medieval, Constitution: government and the state