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The Parliament of England, 1559-1581 (Paperback, Revised)
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The Parliament of England, 1559-1581 (Paperback, Revised)
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This is a comprehensive account of the parliament of early modern
England at work, written by the leading authority on
sixteenth-century English, constitutional and political history.
Professor Elton explains how parliament dealt with bills and acts,
discusses the many various matters that came to notice there, and
investigates its role in political matters. In the process he
proves that the prevailing doctrine, developed by the work of Sir
John Neale, is wrong, that parliament did not acquire a major role
in politics; that the notion of a consistent, body of puritan
agitators in opposition to the government is mere fiction and,
although the Commons processed more bills than the House of Lords,
the Lords occupied the more important and influential role.
Parliament's fundamental function in the government of the realm
lay rather in the granting of taxes and the making of laws. The
latter were promoted by a great variety of interests - the Crown,
the Privy Council, the bishops, and particularly by innumerable
private initiators. A very large number of bills failed, most
commonly for lack of time but also because agreement between the
three partners (Queen, Lords and Commons) could not be reached.
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