The House of Lords, 1660–1715 5 Volume Hardback Set

These volumes provide a comprehensive survey of the lives of the c.700 members of the House of Lords from 1660 to 1715.

Ruth Paley (Edited by)

9781107139565, Cambridge University Press

Multiple-component retail product, published 30 June 2016

4446 pages
28 x 20.5 x 18.3 cm, 3.87 kg

'The research group led by editor Ruth Paley and the History of Parliament Trust are to be congratulated, on the one hand, for having established a cornerstone of a history of the House of Lords from 1660 to 1715 with the volumes discussed here, which are characteristically lavishly produced by Cambridge University Press … a magnificent scholarly achievement …' Roland Kelinhenz, Journal of Modern Legal History

The latest set of volumes in the History of Parliament series, this is the first of the series to cover the members of the House of Lords. This monumental survey provides a detailed and comprehensive account of the c.700 men (both temporal peers and spiritual bishops) who were entitled to sit in the upper chamber of Parliament during the later Stuart period. Each biography is researched from primary sources and provides a richly detailed account of the subject's parliamentary and political career, wealth, and family networks and alliances. The volumes include biographies of the key political figures, but also of many men less prominent in politics, but with fascinating lives and careers. It is accompanied by an introductory survey contextualising and analysing the material provided in the biographies, examining the politics and social politics of the nobility and episcopate over the period.

Volume 1. Introductory survey: 1. Introduction and method
2. The size of the House
3. Attendance and participation
4. The English and British peers
5. The bishops
6. The Scottish representative peers
7. The House of Lords 1660–1715: a political outline
8. Parties, politics and voting
Appendices
Bibliography of manuscript sources
Index. Volume 2: List of contributors
Editorial note
List of abbreviations
Peers A–F
Index of peerage titles
Biographies. Volume 3: List of contributors
Editorial note
List of abbreviations
Peers G–N
Index of peerage titles
Biographies. Volume 4: List of contributors
Editorial note
List of abbreviations
Peers O–Y
Index of peerage titles
Biographies. Volume 5: List of contributors
Editorial note
List of abbreviations
Bishops
Index of bishops by diocese
Bishops A–W
Scottish representative peers
Index of Scottish representative peers by title
Index of Scottish representative peers by election
Scottish representative peers B–W.

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