Law-Making and Society in Late Elizabethan England: The Parliament of England, 1584-1601 (Cambridge Studies in Early Modern British History)
Cambridge University Press
Edition: Revised ed., 8/22/2002
EAN 9780521521857, ISBN10: 0521521858
Paperback, 332 pages, 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.1 cm
Language: English
Originally published in English
The years leading up to this book's publication had seen a re-assessment by historians of the Elizabethan parliament. David Dean's book contributed to this development by offering the first detailed account and analysis of the legislative impulses of the men attending the last six parliaments of Elizabeth's reign. Examining a wide range of social and economic issues, law reform, religious and political concerns, and affairs both national and local, Law-Making and Society in Late Elizabethan England addresses the importance of parliament both as a political event and as a legislative institution. David Dean draws on an array of local, corporate and personal archives, as well as parliamentary records, to reinterpret the legislative history of the period.
1. Initiation and procedure
2. Supply and the general pardon
3. The crown and the state
4. Religion and the church
5. The common weal
6. Law reform
7. Private Legislation
8. Expiring Laws Continuance Acts
Epilogue
The Parliament of 1604
Conclusion.