The Constitutional History of England, in its Origin and Development 3 Volume Set
The Constitutional History of England, in its Origin and Development 3 Volume Set
£138.00
GBPWilliam Stubbs (1825–1901), one of the leading historians of his generation, pursued his academic research alongside his work as a clergyman. He was elected Regius Professor of Modern History at Oxford in 1866 and appointed a bishop in 1884; he also received many honorary degrees and decorations. Stubbs devoted much of his intellectual energy to medieval English history, focusing especially on the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. The three-volume study reissued here, originally published between 1874 and 1878, was one of his most influential works. Nine editions appeared during his lifetime. Well-organised and easy to use, it was prescribed reading for generations of students, and provided the foundation for many later analyses. It traces the evolution of English political institutions from the early Anglo-Saxon invasions of Britain to 1485, relying mainly on primary sources, and argues that modern English constitutional liberties owed much to those of the early Germanic tribes.
Product details
December 2011Multiple copy pack
9781108036320
1952 pages
216 × 140 × 113 mm
2.51kg
Temporarily unavailable - available from TBC
Table of Contents
- Volume 1:
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Caesar and Tacitus
- 3. The Saxons and Angles at home
- 4. The Anglo-Saxon system
- 5. The Witenagemot and the King
- 6. Development in Anglo-Saxon history
- 7. The Anglo-Saxon church
- 8. The Norman Conquest
- 9. Political survey of the Norman period
- 10. Administration during the Norman period
- 11. Henry II and his sons
- 12. Administrative and representative institutions. Volume 2:
- 13. The struggle for the charters
- 14. The system of estates, and the constitution under Edward I
- 15. Edward II, Edward III, and Richard II
- 16. Royal prerogative and parliamentary authority. Volume 3:
- 17. Lancaster and York
- 18. The clergy, the King, and the Pope
- 19. Parliamentary antiquities
- 20. Social and political influences at the close of the middle ages
- Index.
