The English Parliaments of Henry VII 1485-1504
Title | The English Parliaments of Henry VII 1485-1504 PDF eBook |
Author | P.R. Cavill |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Pages | 313 |
Release | 2009-08-13 |
Genre | Cooking |
ISBN | 0199573832 |
For a ruler in Henry's vulnerable position, parliament helped to restore royal authority by securing the good governance that legitimated his regime. For his subjects, parliament served as a medium through which to communicate with the government & to shape, & on occasion criticize, its policies.
The English Parliaments of Henry VII, 1485-1504
Title | The English Parliaments of Henry VII, 1485-1504 PDF eBook |
Author | Paul Cavill |
Publisher | |
Pages | 312 |
Release | 2009 |
Genre | Constitutional history |
ISBN | 9780191721878 |
For a ruler in Henry's vulnerable position, parliament helped to restore royal authority by securing the good governance that legitimated his regime. For his subjects, parliament served as a medium through which to communicate with the government & to shape, & on occasion criticize, its policies.
The English Parliaments of Henry VII 1485-1504
Title | The English Parliaments of Henry VII 1485-1504 PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | |
Release | 2009 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781282366008 |
P.R. Cavill offers a major reinterpretation of early Tudor constitutional history. In the grand 'Whig' tradition, the parliaments of Henry VII were a disappointing retreat from the onward march towards parliamentary democracy. The king was at best indifferent and at worst hostile to parliament; its meetings were cowed and quiescent, subservient to the royal will. Yet little research has tested these assumptions. Drawing on extensive archival research, Cavill challenges existing accounts and revises our understanding of the period. Neither to the king nor to his subjects did parliament appear to be a waning institution, fading before the waxing power of the crown. For a ruler in Henry's vulnerable position, parliament helped to restore royal authority by securing the good governance that legitimated his regime. For his subjects, parliament served as a medium through which to communicate with the government and to shape - and, on occasion, criticize - its policies. Because of the demands parliament made, its impact was felt throughout the kingdom, among ordinary people as well as among the elite. Cooperation between subjects and the crown, rather than conflict, characterized these parliaments. While for many scholars parliament did not truly come of age until the 1530s, when - freed from its medieval shackles - the modern institution came to embody the sovereign nation state, in this study Henry's reign emerges as a constitutionally innovative period. Ideas of parliamentary sovereignty were already beginning to be articulated. It was here that the foundations of the 'Tudor revolution in government' were being laid.
The English Parliaments of Henry VII 1485-1504
Title | The English Parliaments of Henry VII 1485-1504 PDF eBook |
Author | P. R. Cavill |
Publisher | OUP Oxford |
Pages | 314 |
Release | 2009-08-13 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0191610267 |
P.R. Cavill offers a major reinterpretation of early Tudor constitutional history. In the grand 'Whig' tradition, the parliaments of Henry VII were a disappointing retreat from the onward march towards parliamentary democracy. The king was at best indifferent and at worst hostile to parliament; its meetings were cowed and quiescent, subservient to the royal will. Yet little research has tested these assumptions. Drawing on extensive archival research, Cavill challenges existing accounts and revises our understanding of the period. Neither to the king nor to his subjects did parliament appear to be a waning institution, fading before the waxing power of the crown. For a ruler in Henry's vulnerable position, parliament helped to restore royal authority by securing the good governance that legitimated his regime. For his subjects, parliament served as a medium through which to communicate with the government and to shape - and, on occasion, criticize - its policies. Because of the demands parliament made, its impact was felt throughout the kingdom, among ordinary people as well as among the elite. Cooperation between subjects and the crown, rather than conflict, characterized these parliaments. While for many scholars parliament did not truly come of age until the 1530s, when - freed from its medieval shackles - the modern institution came to embody the sovereign nation state, in this study Henry's reign emerges as a constitutionally innovative period. Ideas of parliamentary sovereignty were already beginning to be articulated. It was here that the foundations of the 'Tudor revolution in government' were being laid.
Parliament Rolls of Medieval England, 1275-1504: Richard III : 1484-1485 ; Henry VII : 1485-1487
Title | Parliament Rolls of Medieval England, 1275-1504: Richard III : 1484-1485 ; Henry VII : 1485-1487 PDF eBook |
Author | Chris Given-Wilson |
Publisher | |
Pages | |
Release | 2005 |
Genre | Great Britain |
ISBN |
Contains full text and translation of the meetings of the English parliaments from Edward I to Henry VII, covering the years from 1272 to 1504. Includes unpublished texts. Transcripts incorporate precise information about the text in the documents (deleted and unreadable) never before published. Searching can retrieve words and phrases across the texts.
The Parliament Rolls of Medieval England, 1275-1504
Title | The Parliament Rolls of Medieval England, 1275-1504 PDF eBook |
Author | Chris Given-Wilson |
Publisher | Boydell Press |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2012-08-16 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9781843837718 |
A major contribution to the history of Parliament, to medieval English history, and to the study of the English constitution. ENGLISH HISTORICAL REVIEW
The Parliament Rolls of Medieval England, 1275-1504
Title | The Parliament Rolls of Medieval England, 1275-1504 PDF eBook |
Author | Anne Curry |
Publisher | Boydell Press |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2012-08-16 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9781843837732 |
A major contribution to the history of Parliament, to medieval English history, and to the study of the English constitution. ENGLISH HISTORICAL REVIEW