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Klappentext These volumes provide a comprehensive survey of the lives of the c.700 members of the House of Lords from 1660 to 1715.Full of fascinating and previously unknown material about their social, political and material lives, these volumes provide a comprehensive survey of the later Stuart nobility and episcopate, with a detailed biography of each of the men entitled to sit in the House of Lords from 1660 to 1715. Inhaltsverzeichnis Volume 1. Introductory survey: 1. Introduction and method; 2. The size of the House; 3. Attendance and participation; 4. The English and British peers; 5. The bishops; 6. The Scottish representative peers; 7. The House of Lords 1660-1715: a political outline; 8. Parties, politics and voting; Appendices; Bibliography of manuscript sources; Index. Volume 2: List of contributors; Editorial note; List of abbreviations; Peers A-F; Index of peerage titles; Biographies. Volume 3: List of contributors; Editorial note; List of abbreviations; Peers G-N; Index of peerage titles; Biographies. Volume 4: List of contributors; Editorial note; List of abbreviations; Peers O-Y; Index of peerage titles; Biographies. Volume 5: List of contributors; Editorial note; List of abbreviations; Bishops; Index of bishops by diocese; Bishops A-W; Scottish representative peers; Index of Scottish representative peers by title; Index of Scottish representative peers by election; Scottish representative peers B-W.
