The Irish parliament in the middle ages / H. G. Richardson, G. O. Sayles.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Richardson, H. G. (Henry Gerald), 1884-1974, author.

Sayles, G. O. (George Osborne), 1901-1994, author.

Series:

Anniversary Collection

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Constitutional history--Ireland.

Constitutional history.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (396 pages)

Edition:

Reprint 2016

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [1952]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Based largely on manuscript material, this comprehensive account of the Irish Parliament in the Middle Ages shows that early Irish parliaments cannot be identified either in form or function with their modern namesake and, consequently, demonstrates that the concept of governmental democracy had a much slower, more gradual development than historians have heretofore believed. The history of the Irish Parliaments proper begins with that held at Castledermot in mid-June 1264. During the reign of Edward II and the early years of Edward III significant changes took place--changes, the authors, point out, similar to those taking place in the development of the English Parliament, though there were important differences. The book continues with a description of the Irish Parliament in the middle years of Edward III's reign and concludes with an account of the parliament at Drogheda held in 1494, when the passing of Poyning's Law brought the period of medieval parliaments to a close. The appendices include an almost complete list of the meetings convened between 1264 and 1494, as well as copies of documents that, the authors say, are the only means whereby a close glimpse may be had of the personnel and deliberations of the Privy Council.

Contents:

Frontmatter

FOREWORD

CONTENTS

LIST OF REFERENCES TO MANUSCRIPTS

1. INTRODUCTION

2. COMMUNE CONSILIUM

3. SECRETUM CONSILIUM

4. TAXATION IN A FEUDAL STATE

5. THE BEGINNINGS OF PARLIAMENT

6. PARLIAMENT IN THE FOURTEENTH CENTURY

7. AFFORCED COUNCILS

8. TAXATION IN THE FOURTEENTH CENTURY

9. PEERAGE AND PEERS OF PARLIAMENT

10. ABSENCE AND AMERCEMENT

11. PARLIAMENT IN TRANSITION

12. THE PRIVY COUNCIL IN THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY

13. THE LAST PHASE OF THE MEDIEVAL PARLIAMENT

14. BILLS AND STATUTES

15. TAXATION IN THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY

16. IRELAND AND THE ENGLISH CROWN

17. POYNINGS’ LAW

I. The Irish Magnates in 1213

II. Legislation in 1278

III. The Parliament of September 1279

IV. The Dublin Parliament of Easter 1281

V. Writs of Summons

VI. Parliamentary Petitions

VII. The Meeting of the Privy Council at Drogheda in 1423

VIII. The Speaker's Protestation

IX. The Statute of Assent and Disassent

X. The Statute of Henry fitz Empress

PARLIAMENTS AND COUNCILS 1264-1495

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX OF PERSONS AND PLACES

INDEX OF SUBJECTS

Notes:

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ISBN:

9781512806014

1512806013

OCLC:

979687695