The History of Parliament: The House of Commons, 1386-1421 (4 volumes) by John S

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Presents a 4-volume set that contains biographies of 3,175 individuals who sat in the House of Commons in the 14th and 15th centuries. This book presents the contrast between the code of chivalrous conduct and the reality of military service; the competitive pursuit of wealthy heiresses; the relations between the laity and the Church; and more.

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This four volume set contains the biographies of 3,175 individuals who sat in the House of Commons in the late 14th and early 15th centuries, providing not only a picture of political affiliations, aim and motives in seeking Membership, but also a study of other preocupations: the contrast between the code of chivalrous conduct and the reality of military service; the competitive pursuit of wealthy heiresses; the sometimes ambivalent relations between the laity and the Church; and their fluctuating success and failures in the scramble for patronage and preferment from the Crown and baronetage alike.Among those included are poets (Geoffrey Chaucer made an appearance in 1386), pirates (such as the notorious William Long and John Hawley), lollards (including Sir John Oldcastle, who met a traitor's death), henchmen of the king (most notably the infamous Bussy, Bagot and Green) and the most outstanding parliamentarians of the Middle Ages, among them Sir John Tiptoft, perhaps the youngest Speaker ever to be elected, the charismatic Thomas Chaucer (the poet's son), and the intrepid Sir Arnold Savage, whose verbal exchanges with Henry IV throw fresh light on the relationship between King and Commons in the 15th century.Surveys of each of the 135 constituencies represented in Parliament in this period supply a detailed explanation of local politics, while information about the economic and constitutional background of each city and borough provides the context in which the MPs' biographies are set. The Introductory Survey in Volume I, the culmination of a lifetime's dedication to the subject by the distinguished historian J. S. Roskell, provides the most thorough examination yet undertaken of the work of the medieval House of Commons. Appendices supply tables on specific topics discussed in the Introductory Survey and touched on in the biographies.

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Those who have long awaited the publication of these volumes need be in no doubt that they surpass all expectation...it will remain one of the handful of essential reference materials for political and social historians of late medieval England . It is hard to imagine that future historians will ever manage to improve more than very marginally on the labours of Linda Clark, Carole Rawcliffe and their colleagues. LONDON REVIEW OF BOOKS [R. B. Dobson]A major accomplishment in the annals of late medieval English scholarship . The four volumes .are a major contribution to scholarship. MEDIEVAL PROSOPOGRAPHYThe appearance of the latest set of volumes in the History of Parliament is a milestone in publishing history...[these volumes] provide the basis for a major reassessment of the parliamentary history of the period; and...offer the raw materials for a fresh understanding of relations between the centre and localities. The publication of these volumes, so long awaited, is a major achievement. HISTORY TODAY [Nigel Saul]

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Those who have long awaited the publication of these volumes need be in no doubt that they surpass all expectation...it will remain one of the handful of essential reference materials for political and social historians of late medieval England . It is hard to imagine that future historians will ever manage to improve more than very marginally on the labours of Linda Clark, Carole Rawcliffe and their colleagues. LONDON REVIEW OF BOOKS [R. B. Dobson] A major accomplishment in the annals of late medieval English scholarship . The four volumes .are a major contribution to scholarship. MEDIEVAL PROSOPOGRAPHY The appearance of the latest set of volumes in the History of Parliament is a milestone in publishing history...[these volumes] provide the basis for a major reassessment of the parliamentary history of the period; and...offer the raw materials for a fresh understanding of relations between the centre and localities. The publication of these volumes, so long awaited, is a major achievement. HISTORY TODAY [Nigel Saul]

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Those who have long awaited the publication of these volumes need be in no doubt that they surpass all expectation...it will remain one of the handful of essential reference materials for political and social historians of late medieval England . It is hard to imagine that future historians will ever manage to improve more than very marginally on the labours of Linda Clark, Carole Rawcliffe and their colleagues. LONDON REVIEW OF BOOKS [R. B. Dobson] A major accomplishment in the annals of late medieval English scholarship . The four volumes .are a major contribution to scholarship. MEDIEVAL PROSOPOGRAPHY The appearance of the latest set of volumes in the History of Parliament is a milestone in publishing history...[these volumes] provide the basis for a major reassessment of the parliamentary history of the period; and...offer the raw materials for a fresh understanding of relations between the centre and localities. The publication of these volumes, so long awaited, is a major achievement. HISTORY TODAY [Nigel Saul]

Details ISBN086299943X Pages 3310 Publisher The History Press Ltd Year 1993 ISBN-10 086299943X ISBN-13 9780862999438 Format Hardcover Publication Date 1993-01-01 Imprint Sutton Publishing Ltd Subtitle The House of Commons, 1386-1421 Place of Publication Stroud Country of Publication United Kingdom Edited by L. Clarke Birth 1913 Series History of Parliament DEWEY 328.4209023 Author John Smith Roskell Language English Media Book Short Title HIST OF PARLIAMENT THE HOUSE O Illustrations No Illustrator Robert James DOI 10.1604/9780862999438 UK Release Date 2006-04-21 We've got this

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