Early Common Petitions in the English Parliament, C.1290-C.1420

This volume contains previously unpublished fourteenth-century parliamentary common petitions, the basis for much of the royal legislation of the period.

List of contents

Preface; Introduction; 1. Ministers and officials; 2. Church and religion; 3. Liberties, franchises, and rights; 4. Crime, debt, and the law; 5. Merchants, trade, and finance; 6. War, resistance, and revolt; 7. Multiple petitions; Appendix: chronological list of known common petitions, 1290¿1340; Bibliography; Index.

Summary

This volume contains previously unpublished fourteenth-century parliamentary common petitions, statements of grievance and requests for reform that provided the basis for much of the royal legislation of the period. These petitions express many of the concerns of the period, from the rights of the church to the consequences of revolt.

Product details

• Authors: EDITED BY W. MARK OR, W Mark Ormrod, W. Mark Ormrod, W. Mark (University of York) Killick Ormrod
• Assisted by: Phil Bradford (Editor), Phil (University of York) Bradford (Editor), Bradford Phil (Editor), Helen Killick (Editor), W. Mark Ormrod (Editor), W. Mark (University of York) Ormrod (Editor), Ormrod W. Mark (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2017
• EAN: 9781108419673
• ISBN: 978-1-108-41967-3
• No. of pages: 310
• Series: Camden Fifth Series; Camden Fifth; Camden Fifth Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; England, European History, CE period up to c 1500, British & Irish history, United Kingdom, Great Britain, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General, Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500, History and Archaeology, European history: medieval period, middle ages