Justice and grace : private petitioning and the English Parliament in the late Middle Ages / Gwilym Dodd.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dodd, Gwilym.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Petition, Right of--England--History--To 1500.

Petition, Right of.

England. Parliament--History--To 1500.

England.

England. Parliament--Private bills--History--To 1500.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (387 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Focussing on the key role of the English medieval parliament in hearing and determining the requests of the king's subjects, this ground-breaking new study examines the private petition and its place in the late medieval English parliament (c.1270-1450). Until now, historians have focussed on the political and financial significance of the English medieval parliament; this book offers an important re-evaluation placing the emphasis on parliament as a crucial element in the provisionof royal government and justice. It looks at the nature of medieval petitioning, how requests were written and ho

Contents:

Contents; List of Figures; List of Abbreviations; 1. Introduction; PART I: PRIVATE PETITIONS IN PARLIAMENT; 2. The Emergence of Private Petitions; 2.1 Beginnings; 2.2 Motives; 3. 'High Noon'-Private Petitions, c.1290-c.1330; 3.1 The Growth of Petitioning and the Growth of Bureaucracy; 3.2 Patterns of Petitioning, 1297-1325; 3.3 Responding to the Petitions; 4. Decline and Consolidation: Private Petitions in the Reign of Edward III; 4.1 The Triers; 4.2 The Crown and Private Petitioning, 1327-1377; 4.3 Contraction in the Fourteenth Century; 5. 'Common' Petitions in the Fourteenth Century

5.1 Phase One: The Antecedents-'Community Petitions'5.2 Phase Two: The Commons' Petitions; 5.3 Phase Three: Enrolled Common Petitions; 6. Private Petitions in the Fifteenth Century; 6.1 Enrolled Private Petitions; 6.2 Private Petitions Addressed to the Commons; 6.3 Common Petitions in the Fifteenth Century; PART II: PRIVATE PETITIONS AND PRIVATE PETITIONERS; 7. Individual Petitioners; 7.1 Preliminary Considerations; 7.2 The Identity of Petitioners; 7.3 The Content of the Petitions; 7.4 The King's Grace; 8. Petitions from Communities; 8.1 Petitions from the Clergy

8.2 Petitions from County Communities8.3 Petitions from Towns; 9. Writing and Presenting Private Petitions; 9.1 Structure and Formulae; 9.2 Language and Rhetoric; 9.3 Writing and Presentation; Conclusion; Appendix 1. Rolls and Files; Appendix 2. The Evolution of the Petitionary Form; Bibliography; Index of Personal and Place Names cited in Petitions; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z; General Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [339]-359) and indexes.

ISBN:

0-19-160707-X

9786611145286

0-19-152521-9

1-4356-1879-3

1-281-14528-9

OCLC:

271577899