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Medieval parliaments: a comparative study
Parlamento in Italia nel Medio Evo e nell'età moderna. English
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- Creator
- translated [from the Italian] and adapted by S. J. Woolf; with a foreword by Helen M. Cam
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- English, Italian
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- London : Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1968
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- 3-306 pages ; 23 cm
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- ocm00285898
- Translation of Il Parlamento in Italia nel Medio Evo e nell'età moderna.
- "Distributed in the United States of America by Barnes and Noble."
- Bibliography: pages [264]-296.
- 1. The precedents and origins of parliamentary institutions -- The medieval state and its great assemblies -- Quod omnes tangit -- The representative principle in the organisation of religious orders -- 2. From the great medieval assemblies to parliamentaryinstitutionss -- Forerunners of parliament and true parliaments -- Pre-parliamentary and parliamentary assemblies -- Thetransformationn of the early assemblies into parliaments -- The initial repercussions of parliamentary action -- 3. The great medieval assemblies of the 13th and 14th centuries -- Spain -- Leon and Castile -- Catalonia, Aragon and Valencia -- England -- France -- Germany -- Italy -- Sicily -- The states of the church -- Frillsi -- The lands of savory -- 4. Italian parliaments from the 14th to the 16th centuries -- Sardinia -- Naples -- Sicily -- The states of the church --Frillsi --Manfredt -- Piedmont and Aosta -- Appendix to part 4: Italian parliaments of the 17th and 18th centuries -- Aosta -- Saluzzo -- Friuli -- Gorizia, Gradisca -- March of Ancona -- Naples -- Sicily -- Sardinia -- 5. The characteristics of parliamentary assemblies -- Representation -- Mandatory powers -- The contractual nature of parliamentary agreements -- Limitations of post-medieval parliamentary practice -- Parliaments and political writers