This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1918 Excerpt: ... for all of these people to attend the great council, KING JOHN SIGNING THE GREAT CHARTER THE BRITISH HOUSE OF PARLIAMENT This is the building in which the laws of Great Britain are made at the present time. they were asked to elect a few men to act for them. Men thus chosen to act for the people are called ...
Read More
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1918 Excerpt: ... for all of these people to attend the great council, KING JOHN SIGNING THE GREAT CHARTER THE BRITISH HOUSE OF PARLIAMENT This is the building in which the laws of Great Britain are made at the present time. they were asked to elect a few men to act for them. Men thus chosen to act for the people are called representatives. At first the representatives of the English common people met in the same room with the nobles and the clergy. About this time the great council began to be called a Parliament. In the course of time the representatives of the people in the Parliament, or lawmaking body, met separately and were called the House of Commons. The nobles and the clergy who continued to meet together were called the House of Lords. In this way the Parliament of England came to consist of two houses as it does at the present time. We have followed the example of England in this respect, and have two houses in Congress, which is our lawmaking body at Washington, and in the legislatures, which make the laws in each of our states. During the Middle Ages the power of the king in England was limited by the great feudal nobles of his kingdom. It was these lords who forced King John to sign the Magna Charta. Just before America was discovered there was a great war in England between two parties of the nobility. This war, which was fought to decide who should be the king of the country, is called the War of the Roses, because a red rose was the badge of one party and a white rose of the other. The War of the Roses lasted thirty years and before it was ended the greater part of the nobles of England were slain in battle or driven from the country. Henry Tudor, who was crowned king as Henry VII, on the last battlefield of the war, had more power than any earlier king of...
Read Less
Add this copy of Our Beginnings in Europe and America: How Civilization to cart. $6.95, good condition, Sold by Redux Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Wyoming, MI, UNITED STATES, published 1918 by John C. Winston.
Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination.
Seller's Description:
Good. Hardcover. No DJ. Illustrated. Text unmarked. Covers show light edge wear with rubbing/light scuffing. Rear hinge loosening slightly but binding still intact. Previous owners bookplate on inside front cover.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!
Add this copy of Our Beginnings in Europe and America: How Civilization to cart. $15.77, fair condition, Sold by Solomon's Mine Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Howard, PA, UNITED STATES, published 1930 by The John C. Winston Company.
Add this copy of Our Beginnings In Europe And America: How Civilization to cart. $61.74, new condition, Sold by Booksplease rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Southport, MERSEYSIDE, UNITED KINGDOM, published 2010 by Kessinger Publishing.
Add this copy of Our Beginnings In Europe And America: How Civilization to cart. $61.91, new condition, Sold by Booksplease rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Southport, MERSEYSIDE, UNITED KINGDOM, published 2008 by Kessinger Publishing.
Add this copy of Our Beginnings in Europe and America: How Civilization to cart. $67.41, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2010 by Kessinger Publishing.
Add this copy of Our Beginnings in Europe and America: How Civilization to cart. $67.41, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2008 by Kessinger Publishing.
