The Origins of the English Parliament, 924-1327

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.

History

Maddicott, J. R.

Europe

Oxford University Press

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.

This book provides a new account of one of the most famous men of the English Middle Ages: Simon de Montfort. It is partly a study of the politics of Henry III's reign (1216-72), with which Montfort's career is closely interwoven; but it also looks at his lands, finances, following and religious ideals. Drawing on unusual sources, the author is able to make his biography as much a study of temperament and character as of a political career, and to write with a degree of psychological penetration rare in works on the medieval nobility.

Simon de Montfort

Biographies & Memoirs

Historical

Cambridge University Press

Simon de Montfort (British Lives)

James Campbell's work has established the impressive powers of the Anglo-Saxon state, with its ability to impose laws, raise revenue, undertake major works and consult the interests and wishes of its subjects. This collection of essays looks at the state and its successors from a number of angles. Contents: James Campbell as historian, Patrick Wormald; James Campbell as tutor, David Hargreaves; "Off to do Good" James Campbell as colleague, H.G.Pitt; Peculiaris patronus noster, Alan Thacker; two frontier states - Northumbria and Wessex c650-750, J.R.Maddicott; the construction of the early Scottish state, Alexander Grant; the Battle of Hastings and the military system of the late Anglo-Saxon state, M.K.Lawson; Eadmer, his archbishops and the English state, Mark Philpot; Henry I and counsel, John Hudson; towns and the English state, 1066-1500, D.M. Pallister; a 12th-century view of the Spanish past, Richard Fletcher; anti-semitism an the medieval English state, Robert C. Stacey; from Rex Wallie to princeps Wallie - charters and state formation in 13th-century Wales, Charles Insley; the English state and the Plantagenet Empire, 1259-1360 - a fiscal perspective, W.M. Ormrod; politics, sanctity and the Breton state - the case of the Blessed Charles de Blois, Duke of Brittany (d.1364), Michael Jones; the empire of Tamerlane - an unsuccessful re-run of the Mongol Empire?, david Morgan; Brittany and the French crown - the legacy of the English attack upon Fougeres (1449), C.D. Taylor.

The Medieval State: Essays Presented To James Campbell

Palliser, D.M.

Hambledon and London Ltd

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The Origins of the English Parliament, 924-1327

The Origins of the English Parliament, 924-1327

Simon de Montfort

Simon de Montfort (British Lives)

The Medieval State: Essays Presented To James Campbell