An historical view of the English government, from the settlement of the Saxons in Britain to the revolution in 1688 /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Millar, John, 1735-1801 (Autor)
Otros Autores: Phillips, Mark, 1946- (Editor ), Smith, Dale R., 1969- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Indianapolis : Liberty Fund, [2006]
Colección:Natural law and enlightenment classics.
Temas:
Constitutional history > Great Britain.
Constitutional history
Politics and government
Great Britain > Politics and government.
Grande-Bretagne > Politique et gouvernement.
Great Britain
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • John Millar, An Historical View of the English Government
  • Front Matter
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Details
  • Table of Contents
  • Introduction, p. ix
  • A Note About the Text, p. xxi
  • Acknowledgments, p. xxiii
  • Abbreviations Used in the Notes, p. xxv
  • An Historical View of the English Government
  • Advertisement, p. 3
  • To the Right Honourable Charles James Fox, p. 5
  • Contents, p. 7
  • Introduction, p. 9
  • Volume I.
  • Book I. Of the English Government, from the Settlement of the Saxons in Britain to the Reign of William the Conqueror Chapter I. Preliminary Account of the State of Britain under the Dominion of the Romans, p. 13
  • Chapter II. Character and Manners of the Saxons, p. 28
  • Chapter III. Settlement of the Saxons in Britain, p. 40
  • Chapter IV. Similarity in the Situation of the Anglo-Saxons, and the other Barbarians who settled in the Provinces of the Western Empire, p. 51
  • Chapter V. The State of Property, and the different Ranks and Orders of Men, produced by the Settlement of the Saxons in Britain, p. 72 Chapter VI. Institution of Tythings, Hundreds, and Counties, p. 93
  • Chapter VII. Of the Wittenagemote, p. 108
  • Chapter VIII. State of the Sovereign in the primitive Anglo-Saxon Government, p. 122
  • Chapter IX. Of the principal Events from the Reign of Egbert to the Norman Conquest, p. 134
  • Chapter X. Variations in the State of Tythings, Hundreds, and Shires, p. 151
  • Chapter XI. Changes produced in the Condition of the Vassals, and of the Peasants, p. 157 Chapter XII. The Influence of these Changes upon the Jurisdiction and Authority of the feudal Lords, p. 169
  • Chapter XIII. Of Ecclesiastical Courts, p. 177
  • Chapter XIV. Alterations in the State of the Wittenagemote, p. 184
  • Volume II.
  • Book II. Of the English Government from the Reign of William the Conqueror, to the Accession of the House of Stewart, p. 197
  • Chapter I. The Norman Conquest, p. 199
  • Chapter II. In what Manner the Changes produced in the Reign of William the Conqueror affected the State of the national Council, p. 239 Chapter III. Of the ordinary Courts of Justice after the Norman Conquest, p. 250
  • Chapter IV. Progress of Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction and Authority, p. 261
  • Chapter V. General View of the kingly Power, from the Reign of Edward I. to that of Henry VII, p. 270
  • Chapter VI. History of the Parliament in the same Period, p. 288
  • Chapter VII. Alterations in the State of the ordinary Courts of Justice, p. 326

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