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A. F. Pollard.
The Evolution of Parliament; second edition.
Published London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1962 reprint (previously issued 1926; original edition was 1920).
[No ISBN].
Binding: paperback, stitch bound.
Printer: Richard Clay & Co., Bungay.
Size: 139x215x24mm.
Page count: xv,459pp plus 4 plates and a foldout plan, all monochrome.
Main language: English.
Overall condition fair: spine rather creased with its veneer peeling; the plate pages rather yellowed, the text pages somewhat grubby and foxed at the edges, but otherwise okay.

This item £8.00
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(delivery outside the UK not currently available)

Weight without packaging: 583g.

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No particular medieval emphasis.

Contents: Place of Parliament in history; High cuort of Parliament; Edward I’s parliamentary models; Myth of the 3 estates; Fiction of the peerage; Growth of the House of Commons; Parliament & nationalism; Growth of representation; Parliament & liberty; Parliament & the Church; Growth of sovereignty in Parliament; Separation of powers; The crown in Parliament; The Council in Parliament; Peers in Parliament; Commons in Parliament; The state in Parliament; The British realms in Parliament; Appendices — Pictures of Parliament — Parliamentary representation in the 14th century.

See also | History of Parliament |
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