The Irish Parliament in the Middle Ages / / G. O. Sayles, H. G. Richardson.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Penn eBook Package Archive 1898-1999 (pre Pub)
• VerfasserIn: Richardson, H. G.,; Sayles, G. O.,
• Place / Publishing House: Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2016]; ©1952
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Edition: Reprint 2016
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (396 p.)

Based largely on manuscript material, this comprehensive account of the Irish Parliament in the Middle Ages shows that early Irish parliaments cannot be identified either in form or function with their modern namesake and, consequently, demonstrates that the concept of governmental democracy had a m...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• FOREWORD
• CONTENTS
• LIST OF REFERENCES TO MANUSCRIPTS
• 1. INTRODUCTION
• 2. COMMUNE CONSILIUM
• 3. SECRETUM CONSILIUM
• 4. TAXATION IN A FEUDAL STATE
• 5. THE BEGINNINGS OF PARLIAMENT
• 6. PARLIAMENT IN THE FOURTEENTH CENTURY
• 7. AFFORCED COUNCILS
• 8. TAXATION IN THE FOURTEENTH CENTURY
• 9. PEERAGE AND PEERS OF PARLIAMENT
• 10. ABSENCE AND AMERCEMENT
• 11. PARLIAMENT IN TRANSITION
• 12. THE PRIVY COUNCIL IN THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY
• 13. THE LAST PHASE OF THE MEDIEVAL PARLIAMENT
• 14. BILLS AND STATUTES
• 15. TAXATION IN THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY
• 16. IRELAND AND THE ENGLISH CROWN
• 17. POYNINGS’ LAW
• I. The Irish Magnates in 1213
• II. Legislation in 1278
• III. The Parliament of September 1279
• IV. The Dublin Parliament of Easter 1281
• V. Writs of Summons
• VI. Parliamentary Petitions
• VII. The Meeting of the Privy Council at Drogheda in 1423
• VIII. The Speaker's Protestation
• IX. The Statute of Assent and Disassent
• X. The Statute of Henry fitz Empress
• PARLIAMENTS AND COUNCILS 1264-1495
• BIBLIOGRAPHY
• INDEX OF PERSONS AND PLACES
• INDEX OF SUBJECTS