The Later Parliaments of Henry VIII
1536-1547

A study of Parliament during the period between the dissolution of the Reformation Parliament in 1536 and the death of Henry VIII in 1547.

Lehmberg (Author)

9780521073424, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 28 August 2008

392 pages
23.5 x 15.8 x 2.2 cm, 0.5 kg

A study of Parliament during the period between the dissolution of the Reformation Parliament in 1536 and the death of Henry VIII in 1547, this book is a sequel to Professor Lehmberg's The Reformation Parliament (1970). As in the earlier volume, the membership of both Houses of Parliament is analysed and the events in Parliament and in the concurrent meetings of Convocation, together with all pieces of legislation passed in these years, are discussed. A concluding chapter describes the records of Parliament and the development of parliamentary procedure during the reign of Henry VIII.

1. The stress of succession, 1536
2. 'Never more tractable Parliament', 1539
3. The strife of parties, 1540
4. The whole body of the realm, 1542
5. War, taxation, and religion, 1543 and 1544
6. Old mumpsimus and new mumpsimus, 1545 and 1547
7. The records, procedures, and privileges of Parliament.

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