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The Origins of the English Parliament, 924-1327 (Hardcover)
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The Origins of the English Parliament, 924-1327 (Hardcover)
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The Origins of the English Parliament is a magisterial account of
the evolution of parliament, from its earliest beginnings in the
late Anglo-Saxon period. Starting with the national assemblies
which began to meet in the reign of King AEthelstan, it carries the
story through to the fully fledged parliament of lords and commons
of the early fourteenth century, which came to be seen as
representative of the whole nation and which eventually sanctioned
the deposition of the king himself in 1327.
Throughout, J. R. Maddicott emphasizes parliament's evolution as a
continuous process, underpinned by some important common themes.
Over the four hundred years covered by the book the chief business
of the assembly was always the discussion of national affairs,
together with other matters central to the running of the state,
such as legislation and justice. It was always a resolutely
political body. But its development was also shaped by a series of
unforeseen events and episodes. Chief among these were the Norman
Conquest, the wars of Richard I and John, and the minority of Henry
III. A major turning-point was reached in 1215, when Magna Carta
established the need for general consent to taxation -- a vital
step towards the establishment of parliament itself in the next
generation.
Covering an exceptionally long time span, The Origins of the
English Parliament takes readers to the roots of the English
state's central institution, showing how the more familiar
parliament of late medieval and early modern England came into
being and illuminating the close relationship between particular
political episodes and the course of institutional change. Above
all, it shows how the origins of parliament lie not in the late
thirteenth and early fourteenth centuries, as has usually been
argued, but in a much more distant past.
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