The study of parliamentary origins for England -and other kingdoms- has traditionally concentrated on aspects such as the social composition of assemblies and territorial representation. It has been argued that parliamentary assemblies were born when the three estates of medieval society were summoned to meet the king at feudal councils. However, such an approach has led to some anachronistic conclusions that have overlooked the importance of the presence of the political community, the "communitas" or "universitas regni" at these assemblies as a key phenomenon to understanding parliamentary origins. Such community was the body of nobles, assembled as one at councils not because they "represented" the kingdom but because they "were" the kin...
The material used, with the exception of the Carte Antique in the Public Record Office, consists ent...
This paper intends to show the most important results of a research where we focused on the complex ...
This thesis examines the 'Long Parliament' of 1406 as an example of politics and legislation in Eng...
The study of parliamentary origins for England -and other kingdoms- has traditionally concentrated o...
Origins and development of the Parliament of England up to the end of 15th century Abstract This the...
The Portuguese Cortes and the English Parliament were representative assemblies of great importance ...
It is a truth insufficiently acknowledged that medieval English parliaments contained a substantial ...
This thesis presents a comparative study of the communitarian language and ideas which underpinned p...
Thirteenth-century England was a special place and time to be a bishop. Like their predecessors, the...
The medieval Portuguese clergy and nobility, particularly those of higher status, were the political...
Summary: This article aims to explore the public and territorial dimensions of general councils in E...
This master's thesis is the result of an effort to analyse Witenagemot, the Anglo-Saxon medieval ass...
It had traditionally been thought that the history of the Portuguese mediaeval parliament was exhaus...
In her article of 1988 on ‘Community, Council and Representation’ for the Cambridge History of Medie...
The Manorial Courts The manorial courts of medieval England, from 1250 to 1500, played an ambiguou...
The material used, with the exception of the Carte Antique in the Public Record Office, consists ent...
This paper intends to show the most important results of a research where we focused on the complex ...
This thesis examines the 'Long Parliament' of 1406 as an example of politics and legislation in Eng...
The study of parliamentary origins for England -and other kingdoms- has traditionally concentrated o...
Origins and development of the Parliament of England up to the end of 15th century Abstract This the...
The Portuguese Cortes and the English Parliament were representative assemblies of great importance ...
It is a truth insufficiently acknowledged that medieval English parliaments contained a substantial ...
This thesis presents a comparative study of the communitarian language and ideas which underpinned p...
Thirteenth-century England was a special place and time to be a bishop. Like their predecessors, the...
The medieval Portuguese clergy and nobility, particularly those of higher status, were the political...
Summary: This article aims to explore the public and territorial dimensions of general councils in E...
This master's thesis is the result of an effort to analyse Witenagemot, the Anglo-Saxon medieval ass...
It had traditionally been thought that the history of the Portuguese mediaeval parliament was exhaus...
In her article of 1988 on ‘Community, Council and Representation’ for the Cambridge History of Medie...
The Manorial Courts The manorial courts of medieval England, from 1250 to 1500, played an ambiguou...
The material used, with the exception of the Carte Antique in the Public Record Office, consists ent...
This paper intends to show the most important results of a research where we focused on the complex ...
This thesis examines the 'Long Parliament' of 1406 as an example of politics and legislation in Eng...