The latest set of volumes in the History of Parliament series, this is the first of the series to cover the members of the House of Lords. This monumental survey provides a detailed and comprehensive account of the c.700 men (both temporal peers and spiritual bishops) who were entitled to sit in the upper chamber of Parliament during the later Stuart period. Each biography is researched from primary sources and provides a richly detailed account of the subject's parliamentary and political career, wealth, and family ...
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The latest set of volumes in the History of Parliament series, this is the first of the series to cover the members of the House of Lords. This monumental survey provides a detailed and comprehensive account of the c.700 men (both temporal peers and spiritual bishops) who were entitled to sit in the upper chamber of Parliament during the later Stuart period. Each biography is researched from primary sources and provides a richly detailed account of the subject's parliamentary and political career, wealth, and family networks and alliances. The volumes include biographies of the key political figures, but also of many men less prominent in politics, but with fascinating lives and careers. It is accompanied by an introductory survey contextualising and analysing the material provided in the biographies, examining the politics and social politics of the nobility and episcopate over the period.
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Add this copy of The House of Lords, 1660-1715 5 Volume Hardback Set to cart. $807.74, new condition, Sold by Kennys.ie rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Galway, IRELAND, published 2016 by Cambridge University Press.
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New. These volumes provide a comprehensive survey of the lives of the c.700 members of the House of Lords from 1660 to 1715. Editor(s): Paley, Ruth. Num Pages: 4446 pages. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 242 x 180 x 183. Weight in Grams: 3870. 2016. Hardcover.....We ship daily from our Bookshop.
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