Private Petitioning and the English Parliament in the Late Middle Ages
by
Gwilym Dodd
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2007
Focussing on the key role of the English medieval parliament in hearing and determining the requests of the king's subjects, this ground-breaking new study examines the private petition and its place in the late medieval English parliament (c.1270-1450). Until now, historians have focussed on the...