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The Parliament Rolls of Medieval England, 1275-1504 - XII: Henry VI. 1447-1460 (Hardcover, New)
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The Parliament Rolls of Medieval England, 1275-1504 - XII: Henry VI. 1447-1460 (Hardcover, New)
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A major contribution to the history of Parliament, to medieval
English history, and to the study of the English constitution.
ENGLISH HISTORICAL REVIEW The rolls of parliament were the official
records of the meetings of the English parliament from the reign of
Edward I (1272-1307) until the reign of Henry VII (1485-1509),
after which they were superseded by the journals of thelords, and,
somewhat later, the commons. This volume covers the years of crisis
of Henry VI's reign. They begin with the unusual assembly at Bury
St Edmunds in 1447 during which the king's uncle, Humphrey, duke of
Gloucester,was arrested and died, and end with the parliament of
1460 at which Richard, duke of York, made a formal claim to the
throne. In the interim the rolls are vital for assessing the impact
of the loss of French lands between 1449 and 53, and for showing
how the king's mental collapse halfway through the parliament of
1453 began a period of political instability which finally led to
civil war in 1459. The rolls from the period are reproduced in
their entirely, complemented by a full translation of all the texts
from the three languages used by the medieval clerks (Latin,
Anglo-Norman and Middle English). Anne Curry is Professor of
History and Dean of the Faculty of Humanities, University of
Southampton; Dr Rosemary Horrox is Fellow and Director of Studies
in History, Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge.
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