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The Parliament Rolls of Medieval England, 1275-1504 - VIII: Henry IV. 1399-1413 (Hardcover, New)
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The Parliament Rolls of Medieval England, 1275-1504 - VIII: Henry IV. 1399-1413 (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after which they were superseded by the journals of thelords, and,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. The nine parliaments held during the
reign of Henry IV (1399-1413) witnessed some of the most dramatic
encounters between king and commons of the middle ages, especially
those of the first seven years of the reign. Principles which were
to become staples of parliamentary debate, such as the demand for
redress of grievances before grant of supply, insistence on the
accountability to parliament of royal ministers, and the right of
those who granted taxes to determine how they should be used
(appropriation of supply) were openly demanded and to some extent
conceded by the king. These demands reached a climax in the Long
Parliament of 1406,which lasted for nine months, twice as long as
any previous English parliament, and witnessed a prolonged
stand-off between king and commons. The second half of the reign
saw more docile parliaments, although the struggle betweenthe king
and his son, the future Henry V, for control of the executive
produced some dramatic parliamentary moments such as an attempt to
force the king to abdicate. These early fifteenth-century
parliaments also witnessed the passing of some extremely
interesting social and religious legislation on matters such as
heresy, law and order and the regulation of labour. The rolls from
the period are reproduced in their entirely, complented by a full
translation of all the texts from the three languages used by the
medieval clerks (Latin, Anglo-Norman and Middle English). Chris
Given-Wilson is Professor of Late Medieval History, University of
St Andrews.
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