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Informationen zum Autor Conrad Russell, formerly Professor of British History at Kings College, London (d. 2004), was the foremost scholar of his generation working on the history of early Stuart parliaments and politics. As Earl Russell, sitting in the House of Lords, he was also a distinguished parliamentarian in his own right, acting as Liberal Democrat spokesman on social security and author of An Intelligent Person's Guide to Liberalism. Richard Cust, a former student of Conrad Russell, is Professor of Early Modern History at the University of Birmingham and the author of numerous books and articles on early Stuart history, including a recent biography of Charles I. He has also helped to edit a festschrift for Russell entitled Politics, Religion and Popularity. Early Stuart Essays for Conrad Russell (Cambridge University Press, 2002).Dr Andrew Thrush, a former student of Russell, is Section Editor of the History of Parliament. He has published a number of important articles on the parliaments and politics of James's reign, as well as several studies of the Caroline navy. He is currently bringing to completion his editing of the multi-volume History of Parliament 1604-1629. Klappentext "The Trevelyan lectures delivered at the University of Cambridge 1995." Zusammenfassung A chronological narrative of the early English Parliaments of James VI and I, covering in detail the four sessions of the 1604-1610 Parliament and the Addled Parliament of 1614, with a final chapter looking towards the parliaments of the 1620s. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface 1: Baseline (Trevelyan I) 2: The Parliament of 1604-1610: 1604 Session (Trevelyan II) 3: The Parliament of 1604-1610: 1606 Session 4: The Parliament of 1604-1610: the 1607 Session and the Union with Scotland 5: The Parliament of 1604-1610; the 1610 Session and Money (Trevelyan III) 6: The Addled Parliament 7: The Union (Trevelyan IV) 8: Religion and Political Ideas (Trevelyan V) 9: James and the Problem of Money 10: What was new in the 1620s? (Trevelyan VI) Index ...
