Justice and grace private petitioning and the English Parliament in the late Middle Ages

Dodd focuses on the private petition and its place in the late medieval English parliament. Concentrating on parliament's role as an instrument of government, a place where the king's subjects brought petitions in the hope of securing remedial action, this book reasserts the importance of...

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Main Author: Dodd, Gwilym
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford Oxford University Press 2007, 2007
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Collection: Oxford University Press - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:Dodd focuses on the private petition and its place in the late medieval English parliament. Concentrating on parliament's role as an instrument of government, a place where the king's subjects brought petitions in the hope of securing remedial action, this book reasserts the importance of this role
Physical Description:x, 374 p. ill
ISBN:9780191708015