Based upon a wealth of primary sources and a life of research in
the field, this history provides a fascinating discussion of the
development of the House of Commons during the early years of
Stuart rule. Mr. Notestein was completing work on the manuscript at
his death in 1969. The basic issues characterizing the
confrontations between James I and the Commons are examined,
including the matters of royal prerogatives that were increasingly
questioned by the Commons in the period 1604-1610. To these are
added the awkward problems attendant upon the prospective Union of
England and Scotland under a monarch of Scottish origins. Mr.
Notestein makes it clear that the Commons, following the age of
Elizabeth, was consciously searching out a new sense of itself and
its powers; neither James nor the House of Lords was able to
appreciate fully the trends accompanying the Commons' quest for a
broadened role in national affairs. Mr. Notestein's work is a
superb narrative constantly enriched by in-depth research and
enlivened by an impressive mixture of analytical commentary and
personalized speculation.
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