Publisher's Synopsis
Bringing together essays from nine established parliamentary scholars, the volume offers new insights and reflections on the management and importance of Parliaments for the effective and smooth running of the state during the Tudor and early Stuart period.
- Nine parliamentary scholars pay tribute to the esteemed scholarship of Michael Graves, using his work as a springboard for continued discussion of the management of Parliaments throughout the Tudor and early Stuart period
- Examines how sermons, state openings, patrons, procedure, foreign policy and individuals were all deployed to better manage Parliaments throughout the period
- Offers original views and considerations on the management of, and the importance of, Parliaments during this time
- Edited under the expert guidance of esteemed Parliamentary and History scholar, Chris R. Kyle
