The House of Commons 1604–1629
An Introductory Survey

A comprehensive study of the operation of the House of Commons during the critical period of its development between 1604 and 1629.

Andrew Thrush (Author)

9781107534841, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 23 June 2016

670 pages
24.7 x 19 x 3.1 cm, 1.3 kg

The comprehensive history of parliament, The House of Commons 1604–1629, was published in 2010. A monumental series, it provides biographical and constituency studies covering the period. This widely praised, groundbreaking introductory survey, previously only available as part of the six-volume work, is now published as a separate volume. The first ever account of the early seventeenth-century House of Commons as an institution, it shows how there was a crisis of legislation in the 1620s and how the committee of the whole House transformed the way the House operated. Covering a period of intense historiographical interest and debate, it draws on the most comprehensive treatment of politics, elections and parliament in the period ever assembled, the result of research in over 170 archives.

1. The nature, functions and remit of the House of Commons
2. Membership
3. Motives for membership
4. Elections
5. The composition of the House of Commons
6. Times of sitting
7. Topography
8. The Officers and Servants of the House
9. Attendance
10. Speechmaking and debate
11. Legislation and petitions
12. Meetings and conferences
13. The management of the Commons
14. Representation and accountability
Appendices.

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