{"product_id":"the-origins-of-the-english-parliament-9241327-9780199585502","title":"The Origins of the English Parliament  924-1327","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Origins of the English Parliament is a magisterial account of the evolution of parliament  from its earliest beginnings in the late Anglo-Saxon period. Starting with the national assemblies which began to meet in the reign of King AEthelstan  it carries the story through to the fully fledged parliament of lords and commons of the early fourteenth century  which came to be seen as representative of the whole nation and which eventually sanctioned the deposition of the king himself in 1327.  Throughout  J. R. Maddicott emphasizes parliaments evolution as a continuous process  underpinned by some important common themes. Over the four hundred years covered by the book the chief business of the assembly was always the discussion of national affairs  together with other matters central to the running of the state  such as legislation and justice. It was always a resolutely political body. But its development was also shaped by a series of unforeseen events and episodes. Chief among these were the Norman Conquest  the wars of Richard I and John  and the minority of Henry III. A major turning-point was reached in 1215  when Magna Carta established the need for general consent to taxation -- a vital step towards the establishment of parliament itself in the next generation.  Covering an exceptionally long time span  The Origins of the English Parliament takes readers to the roots of the English states central institution  showing how the more familiar parliament of late medieval and early modern England came into being and illuminating the close relationship between particular political episodes and the course of institutional change. Above all  it shows how the origins of parliament lie not in the late thirteenth and early fourteenth centuries  as has usually been argued  but in a much more distant past.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45953297874997,"sku":"ByrdShop_0199585504","price":73.31,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780199585502.jpg?v=1788184439","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-origins-of-the-english-parliament-9241327-9780199585502","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}