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Parliamentarians at Law: Select Legal Proceedings of the Long Fifteenth Century Relating to Parliament
Hannes Kleineke
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Description for Parliamentarians at Law: Select Legal Proceedings of the Long Fifteenth Century Relating to Parliament
Paperback. This book brings together a selection of law suits brought by peers and members of the house of commons in the royal common law and equity courts at Westminster between 1377 and 1512, relating to themes such as parliamentary elections, the payment of parliamentary wages, and the evolution of the parliamentary privilege of freedom from arrest. Editor(s): Kleineke, Hannes. Series: Parliamentary History Book Series. Num Pages: 456 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; HBJD1; HBLH; LAZ; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 652.
A fascinating collection bringing together a selection of law suits brought by peers and members of the House of Commons in the royal common law and equity courts at Westminster between 1377 and 1512.
A fascinating collection bringing together a selection of law suits brought by peers and members of the House of Commons in the royal common law and equity courts at Westminster between 1377 and 1512.
- Includes documents relating to aspects of constitutional history, such as disputes over parliamentary elections, the payment of the wages of members of the commons, and the evolution of the parliamentary privilege of freedom from arrest
- Illustrates a variety of aspects of the life of the medieval parliament and the members of both houses
- Contains texts never before published which have been gathered and collected from unwieldy and ... Read more
- Accessible to a readership beyond the specialist in medieval legal history - includes full modern English translations of Latin, French and Middle English texts which have been printed as parallel texts alongside transcripts of the originals
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
456
Condition
New
Series
Parliamentary History Book Series
Number of Pages
456
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United States
ISBN
9781405180139
SKU
V9781405180139
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Ref
99-50
About Hannes Kleineke
Hannes Kleineke is a Senior Research Fellow at the History of Parliament, with a particular interest in the late medieval south-west of England. He has published a number of articles on the history of the medieval English Parliament, as well as on fifteenth-century England more generally, and was the joint winner of the 2006 Parliamentary History Prize.
Reviews for Parliamentarians at Law: Select Legal Proceedings of the Long Fifteenth Century Relating to Parliament
"This is a valuable collection of documents, the standard of editing remorselessly high, and the editor, particularly in respect of wages cases, has left little for others to find." (The Ricardian XX, 2010)