The Tudor constitution : documents and commentary / edited and introduced by G.R. Elton.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Elton, G. R. (Geoffrey Rudolph)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Constitutional history--Great Britain--Sources.

Constitutional history.

Great Britain.

Great Britain--History--Tudors, 1485-1603--Sources.

History.

Genre:

Sources.

Physical Description:

xvii, 511 pages ; 24 cm

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1982.

Summary:

Though the first edition of this book (1960) rapidly established itself as a sound collection of source material and a comprehensive analysis of the government of England in the sixteenth century, the astonishing amount of work done, by many hands including the author's, in the last twenty years has rendered a revision very necessary. The scope of these changes is indicated by the fact that in the list of books cited some 180 make a first appearance while some 70 have been discarded. In the upshot, no single section has remained unaltered and several (especially on the Church, on Parliament and on the Law) have had to be entirely rewritten. While there was room for the addition of only a few documents, they have been chosen with an eye to topics especially alive in the researches of the present day. One such issue -- patronage and faction -- while not amenable to documentation in a book of this kind has not been forgotten in the commentary.

Contents:

1 The Crown 1

I The Tudor Dynasty 1

II The Nature of Kingship 12

III The Powers of the Crown 17

(i) The Royal Prerogative 17

(ii) The Crown and Legislation 20

(iii) Suppression of Rivals 30

IV The Revenues of the Crown 39

V The Law of Treason 59

(i) Extension of Treasons 59

(ii) Procedure in Treason Trials 80

2 The Council 88

I Growth and Composition 88

II Business 102

3 The Seals and the Secretary 117

4 Financial Administration 129

5 The Ancient Courts 148

6 Conciliar Courts 163

I Star Chamber 163

(i) History 163

(ii) Procedure and Business 170

II The Court of Requests 187

III Local Councils 199

7 Ecclesiastical Courts 218

I The Ordinary Courts 218

II The High Commission 221

8 Parliament 233

I The Nature of Parliament and Statute 233

II Composition 245

III Procedure 249

IV Privileges 260

V Management 290

VI Conflict 307

9 The Church 327

I Grievances against the Clergy 327

II The Royal Supremacy 338

III Secularisation of Land 378

IV Settlement of Religion 395

V The Catholic Threat 419

VI The Puritan Movement 442

10 Local Government 462.

Notes:

Includes index.

Bibliography: pages 483-499.

ISBN:

0521245060

OCLC:

7876927