Constitutional history of the UK / Ann Lyon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lyon, Ann, 1959- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Constitutional history--Great Britain.

Constitutional history.

Great Britain.

Constitutional history--England.

England.

Physical Description:

xxx, 521 pages ; 24 cm

Edition:

Second edition.

Other Title:

Constitutional history of the United Kingdom

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2016.

Contents:

The Development of English Law and Government prior to the Norman Conquest

The Norman Conquest and After : 1066-1189

Magna Carta and its Genesis 1189-1216

The Birth of Parliament : The Reign of Henry III 1216-72

The Reign of Edward I

A King Dethroned : Edward II 1307-27

Edward III 1327-77

Sad Stories of the Death of Kings : Richard II

The 15th Century

Government and Royal Justice in the Later Middle Ages

The Early Tudors 1485-1547

The Children of Henry VII

The Genesis of Civil War 1603-42

Civil War and Commonwealth 1642-60

Restoration and Revolution 1660-89

The Revolution Entrenched 1689-1707

The Early 18th Century

The Later 18th Century

The Reform Era

An Increasing Role for Government

The Later 19th Century

Queen Victoria and the Emergence of Constitutional Monarchy

Two Constitutional Crises : 1906-14

Representation of the people since 1900

The Emergence of Modern Monarchy : The 20th Century

Britain and Europe : The European Community

Devolution

The European Convention on Human Rights and the Human Rights Act.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Edition:

Revision of: 1859417469 Lyon, Ann, 1959- London : Cavendish Pub., 2003

ISBN:

9781138910669

113891066X

9781138910676

1138910678

OCLC:

933386202