Based upon a wealth of primary sources and a life of research in the field, this history provides a fascinating discussion of the development of the House of Commons during the early years of Stuart rule. Mr. Notestein was completing work on the manuscript at his death in 1969. The basic issues characterizing the confrontations between James I and the Commons are examined, including the matters of royal prerogatives that were increasingly questioned by the Commons in the period 1604-1610. To these are added the awkward ...
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Based upon a wealth of primary sources and a life of research in the field, this history provides a fascinating discussion of the development of the House of Commons during the early years of Stuart rule. Mr. Notestein was completing work on the manuscript at his death in 1969. The basic issues characterizing the confrontations between James I and the Commons are examined, including the matters of royal prerogatives that were increasingly questioned by the Commons in the period 1604-1610. To these are added the awkward problems attendant upon the prospective Union of England and Scotland under a monarch of Scottish origins. Mr. Notestein makes it clear that the Commons, following the age of Elizabeth, was consciously searching out a new sense of itself and its powers; neither James nor the House of Lords was able to appreciate fully the trends accompanying the Commons' quest for a broadened role in national affairs. Mr. Notestein's work is a superb narrative constantly enriched by in-depth research and enlivened by an impressive mixture of analytical commentary and personalized speculation.
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HARDCOVER Good-Bumped and creased book with tears to the extremities, but not affecting the text block, may have remainder mark or previous owner's name-GOOD Standard-sized.
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Very good in fair dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 616 p. Audience: General/trade. Book Condition: Very Good; Dust Jacket Condition: Fair to Good. First Edition, 1971. Text is clean, binding solid. Bookplate of former owner on inside cover. Dust jacket has some wear and tear and is intact. Row S.
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Covers faintly rubbed with a couple stray pencil marks; endpapers and fore-edge lightly foxed; otherwise very good condition (no dust jacket). No markings. 598p.
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Near Fine in Near fine jacket. First edition, 1971, hardcover with gray paper boards in dust jacket, octavo, 598pp., not illustrated. Book near fine with hint of wear to spine ends and corners, binding tight, text clean bright and unmarked. DJ near fine with mild rubbing, front flap price-clipped, in protective mylar wrap.
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Near Fine in very good jacket. 1971, Edition not stated. Hardcover in Near Fine condition. The dust jacket is in Very Good condition, with light shelf wear. Else a clean, tight and sharp copy.
