English Constitutional Conflicts of the Seventeenth Century: 1603-1689

by J. R. Tanner

Overview

The lectures printed in the present volume were delivered in the University of Cambridge by the author as Deputy for the Regius Professor of Modern History during the academic year 1926–27. Dr Tanner deals with: Religious Questions in the Parliaments of James I; Constitutional Questions in the Parliaments of James I; The earlier Parliaments of Charles I; The eleven years of Non-Parliamentary Government; The Long Parliament and Reform; The Long Parliament and Revolution; The Long Parliament and Civil War; The Long Parliament and the Army; The Rule of the Purged Parliament, 1649–1653; The Parliament of Saints and the first Parliaments of the Protectorate; The Restoration; The Pension Parliament; The Policy of Exclusion; The Revolution of 1688.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521091213
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	01/02/1924
Pages:	328
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 9.02(h) x 0.87(d)

Table of Contents

Parliaments, 1603–1689; Preface; 1. Introductory; 2. Religious questions in the parliaments of James I; 3. Constitutional questions in the parliament of James I; 4. The earlier parliaments of Charles I; 5. The eleven years of non-parliamentary government; 6. The long parliament and reform; 7. The long parliament and reform; 8. The long parliament and the civil war; 9. The long parliament and the army; 10. The rule of the purged parliament; 11. The parliament of saints: the first parliament of the protectorate; 12. The second parliament of the protectorate; 13. The restoration; 14. The pension parliament; 15. The policy of exclusion; 16. The revolution of 1688; Appendix; Bibliographical note; Index.