Law-Making and Society in Late Elizabethan England
The Parliament of England, 1584–1601

Detailed account of the later Elizabethan parliaments, their activities and importance.

David Dean (Author)

9780521551083, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 21 November 1996

332 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 2.2 cm, 0.66 kg

'… this book is a landmark … [and] an essential research tool for parliamentary historians of the period.' Michael Graves, Journal of Ecclesiastical History

The years leading up to this book's publication had seen a re-assessment by historians of the Elizabethan parliament. David Dean's book contributed to this development by offering the first detailed account and analysis of the legislative impulses of the men attending the last six parliaments of Elizabeth's reign. Examining a wide range of social and economic issues, law reform, religious and political concerns, and affairs both national and local, Law-Making and Society in Late Elizabethan England addresses the importance of parliament both as a political event and as a legislative institution. David Dean draws on an array of local, corporate and personal archives, as well as parliamentary records, to reinterpret the legislative history of the period.

1. Initiation and procedure
2. Supply and the general pardon
3. The crown and the state
4. Religion and the church
5. The common weal
6. Law reform
7. Private Legislation
8. Expiring Laws Continuance Acts
Epilogue: The Parliament of 1604
Conclusion.

Subject Areas: Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700 [HBLH], British & Irish history [HBJD1]