Part 1 The parliaments of England: membership, attendance and represenation; functions 1 - High Court and Great Council; functions 2 - the power of the purse; procedure; the parliamentary trinity. Part 2 Parliaments and politics: early Stuart parliaments, 1603-40; revolutionary parliaments, 1640-60; Restoration parliaments, 1600-89; conclusion; appendix 1 - glossary; appendix 2 - dates of parliamentary sessions, 1604-89; appendix 3 - sessional totals of public and private acts, 1604-89; appendix 4 - Lord Chancellors and Lord Keepers of the Great Seal, 1603-89; appendix 5 - speakers of the House of Commons, 1603-89; appendix 6 - clerks of parliaments, 1603-89; appendix 7 - clerks of the House of Commons, 1603-89; appendix 8 - outline map of the Palace of Westminster in the 17th century.
Synthesis of the historiography of Stuart Parliaments Includes the most recent research on the subject Provides a detailed anatomy of how Parliament worked as an instituition as well as an analysis of parliamentary politics Contains useful appendices of factual information and a glossary
a profoundly satisfying work he has been triumphantly successful. English Historical Review An extremely full and reliable account of the state of Stuart parliamentarian historiography at the end of the twentieth century. History (Journal of the Historical Association)
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