14th-Century English Parliaments - Convention Parliament, Good Parliament, Merciless Parliament, Wonderful Parliament, Bad Parliament (Paperback)

Chapters: Convention Parliament, Good Parliament, Merciless Parliament, Wonderful Parliament, Bad Parliament. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 24. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The term Convention Parliament has been applied to three different English Parliaments, of 1399, 1660 and 1689. The definition of the term convention parliament is generally taken to be: A parliament which does not derive its authority or legitimacy from an existing or previously enacted parliamentary action or process. The features which unite the three convention parliaments and which mandate their status as convention parliaments, are: The first example of a convention parliament is the parliament of 1399. Formed in September of 1399, this parliament convened consequent to the deposition of King Richard II of England and the dissolution of the previous parliament which accepted Henry Bolingbroke as King Henry IV of England. Although this parliament is not often referred to as a 'convention parliament, ' it meets the definition of the term. The second example is the Convention Parliament also known as the English Convention which was elected in March 1660. It was elected after the Long Parliament had finally voted for its own dissolution. Elected as a "free parliament," i.e. with no oath of allegiance to the Commonwealth or to the monarchy, it was predominantly Royalist in its membership. It assembled for the first time on 25 April 1660. After the Declaration of Breda had been received, Parliament proclaimed on 8 May that King Charles II had been the lawful monarch since the death of Charles I in January 1649. The Convention Parliament then proceeded to conduct the necessary preparation for the Restoration Settlement. These preparations included the necessary provisions to deal with land and funding such...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=2207