Elizabethan Parliaments, 1559-1601Michael Graves provides a clear summary of conflicting interpretations of Elizabethan parliaments and presents a new perspective, striking a balance between business and politics. |
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... Clerk was careful to record it in his journal because this act of registration entitled him to a fee . His ... Clerk's personal journal evolved into the Lords ' official record . Nevertheless , absenteeism persisted , with or without ...
... Clerk was careful to record it in his journal because this act of registration entitled him to a fee . His ... Clerk's personal journal evolved into the Lords ' official record . Nevertheless , absenteeism persisted , with or without ...
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... Clerk's journal books ' seemed to have some error in them , in misplacing the lords ' . He successfully moved that , in future , they should be ' viewed and perused every Parliament , by certain lords of the House , to be appointed for ...
... Clerk's journal books ' seemed to have some error in them , in misplacing the lords ' . He successfully moved that , in future , they should be ' viewed and perused every Parliament , by certain lords of the House , to be appointed for ...
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... Clerk was not extraordinarily lax in recording licences , then it is clear that most intended absentees just did not ... Clerk's occasional journal entry was a commentary on one of the Privy Council's most serious and perennial problems ...
... Clerk was not extraordinarily lax in recording licences , then it is clear that most intended absentees just did not ... Clerk's occasional journal entry was a commentary on one of the Privy Council's most serious and perennial problems ...
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