Justice and Grace - Private Petitioning and the English Parliament in the Late Middle Ages

Zusatztext thoughtful and wide-ranging... an interesting book which in many respects sheds welcome light on an often neglected aspect of the work of the medieval English parliament Dr. Gwilym Dodd is a Lecturer in History at the University of Nottingham Klappentext #N/A Zusammenfassung Focuses on the private petition and its place in the late medieval English parliament (c 1270-1450). This book sheds light on the concept of royal grace and its practical application to parliamentary petitions that required the king's personal intervention. It reasserts the importance of the parliament's role, as an instrument of government. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: Introduction Part I - Private Petitions in Parliament 2: The Emergence of private Petitions 3: 'High Noon' - Private Petitions: c. 1290 - c. 1330 4: Decline and Consolidation: Private Petitions in Reign of Edward III 5: 'Common' Petitions in the Fourteenth Century 6: Private Petitions in the Fifteenth Century Part II - Private Petitions and Private Petitioners 7: Individual Petitioners 8: Petitions from Communities 9: Writing and Presenting Private Petitions Conclusion Appendix 1: Rolls and Files Appendix 2: The Evolution of the Petitionary Form

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• Autori: Gwilym Dodd, Gwilym (Lecturer in History Dodd, Dodd Gwilym
• Editore: Oxford University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 26.07.2007
• EAN: 9780199202805
• ISBN: 978-0-19-920280-5
• Pagine: 388
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Diritto; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Medioevo; England, LAW / Legal History, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, CE period up to c 1500, British & Irish history, c 1000 CE to c 1500, Legal History, Social and cultural history, Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500, European history: medieval period, middle ages, HISTORY / Europe / Medieval