The Early Parliaments of Henry VIII, 1510-1523

Erscheinungsjahr 2025
ISBN: 978-1-83765-311-9
Verlag: Boydell Press

Buch, Englisch, 354 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 696 g

Reihe: Studies in Parliamentary History

An administrative study of Henry VIII's early parliaments (1510 to 1523), which systematically explains and analyses every aspect of parliament in the early sixteenth century.

This book is an administrative study of Henry VIII's early parliaments (1510 to 1523). It systematically explains and analyses every aspect of parliament in the early sixteenth century, from legislative procedure to the composition of the House of Lords and the House of Commons. Some of the matters under discussion include statutory litigation - how parliamentary legislation was actually applied in the king's courts - and the rules of precedence and inheritance of title in the Upper House. The book's main purpose is to explain how parliament worked - what parliament did, how it was done and who was involved in doing it. It forms part of a burgeoning academic movement known as the New Administrative History, which seeks to restore a knowledge of administrative processes to its rightful place of importance in the historiography of early modern England. The book will be essential reading for anyone wishing to understand the early history of parliament.

Autoren/Hrsg.

McGovern, Jonathan

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Weltgeschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations and Conventions
Glossary
Chronology
1. Introduction

Preliminaries
2. Parliament in the Constitution
3. Location and Ceremony
4. Chronological Summaries

Membership and Procedure
5. The Composition of the Lords and Commons
6. Administrative Personnel
7. Legislative Procedure

The Business of Legislation
8. Commonwealth Matters
9. Law and Administration
10. Royal Revenue and Taxation
11. Land Transactions
12. Attainder, Restitution, Pardon and Relief
13. Success and Failure

The Application of Legislation
14. Litigation and Statutory Interpretation

Convocation and the Parliament of Ireland
15. Convocation
16. The Parliament of Ireland
17. Conclusion

Appendices

1. Dates of Parliament
2. The Passage of Acts through the House of Lords
3. The Passage of Failed Bills through the House of Lords
4. Lords and Assistants Summoned to Parliament, 1509-23
5. The Personnel of Parliament
6. Known Members of Parliament
7. Huse v. Grimaldi
8. The Prorogations of the Parliament of 1523
9. Locations of Original Acts in the Parliamentary Archives
10. Informations on Henrician Penal Statutes Filed at the Exchequer 1510-26

Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

McGovern, Jonathan
JONATHAN MCGOVERN is Professor of English at the College of Foreign Languages and Cultures, Xiamen University, China. He is the author of The Tudor Sheriff: A Study in Early Modern Administration (Oxford University Press, 2022) and The Little History of England (The History Press, 2024).