{"product_id":"parliamentarians-at-law-select-legal-proceedings-of-the-long-fifteenth-century-relating-to-parliament-paperback-softback-9781405180139","title":"Parliamentarians at Law; Select Legal Proceedings of the Long Fifteenth Century Relating to Parliament (Paperback \/ softback) 9781405180139","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eParliamentarians at Law\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eSelect Legal Proceedings of the Long Fifteenth Century Relating to Parliament\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eHannes Kleineke (Edited by), H Kleineke (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781405180139, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 31 October 2008\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e456 pages\u003cbr\u003e23 x 15.4 x 1.8 cm, 0.653 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"This is a valuable collection of documents, the standard of editing remorselessly high, and the editor, particularly in respect of wages cases, has left little for others to find.\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Ricardian XX\u003c\/i\u003e, 2010)\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eA fascinating collection bringing together a selection of law suits brought by peers and members of the House of Commons in the royal common law and equity courts at Westminster between 1377 and 1512.  \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes documents relating to aspects of constitutional history, such as disputes over parliamentary elections, the payment of the wages of members of the commons, and the evolution of the parliamentary privilege of freedom from arrest\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIllustrates a variety of aspects of the life of the medieval parliament and the members of both houses\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eContains texts never before published which have been gathered and collected from unwieldy and often poorly accessible sources among the English public records\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAccessible to a readership beyond the specialist in medieval legal history - includes full modern English translations of Latin, French and Middle English texts which have been printed as parallel texts alongside transcripts of the originals\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I: Introduction:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Covering subjects including the parliamentary privilege of freedom from arrest; parliamentary elections; payments of MPs’ wages; the process of statutory regulation of parliamentary affairs; the royal law courts and their procedures  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II: The Texts:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Parallel Latin\/Middle English\/French – Modern English edition of\u003cbr\u003e a) Suits relating to parliamentary privilege\u003cbr\u003e b) Suits relating to parliamentary elections\u003cbr\u003e c) Select suits relating to the payment of Members of Parliament\u003cbr\u003e d) Miscellaneous suits\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III: Appendices:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Calendar of suits relating to the payment of Members of Parliament\u003cbr\u003e a) List of Peers and Members of the House of Commons mentioned in the texts\u003cbr\u003e b) List of Parliaments 1376-151\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: History [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20%5BHB%5D%22\"\u003eHB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52437788492056,"sku":"9781405180139","price":28.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781405180139.jpg?v=1784940500","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/parliamentarians-at-law-select-legal-proceedings-of-the-long-fifteenth-century-relating-to-parliament-paperback-softback-9781405180139","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}