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A. F. Pollard.
The Evolution of Parliament; second edition.
Published London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1926 (previous edn. was 1920).
[No ISBN].
Binding: hardback, stitch bound; rebound in stout library boards.
Printer: Richard Clay & Sons, Bungay.
Size: 140x212x43mm.
Page count: text xv,460pp; plates 4pp; 1 foldout.
Main language: English.
Overall condition fair: ex‑lib. Barnet; no dustjacket; boards a bit faded and grubby, but not badly worn; pages rather yellowed with age; the usual library marks and stamps, and reader’s marks throughout, mostly pencilled sidelines.

This item £8.00
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[Various POD edn.s available]
Weight without packaging: 645g.

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No particular medieval emphasis. Contents: Place of Parliament in history; High court 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 -- & the Church; Growth of sovereignty; Separation of powers; Crown in Parliament; Council in Parliament; Peers; Commons; The state in Parliament; British realms in Parliament.
Appendices: Pictures of Parliament; Parliamentary representation in the 14th c.; Additional notes & references.

Notes: at foot of page
Tables: no
Illustrations: 4 pages of monochrome plates
Maps & plans: 1
Genealogies: no
Chronology: no
Glossary: no
Bibliography: no
Index: yes

See also | History of Parliament |
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