THE

CONSTITUTIONAL EXPERIMENTS

OF THE

COMMONWEALTH.

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Cambridge Historical Essays. No. III.

THE

CONSTITUTIONAL EXPERIMENTS

OF THE

COMMONWEALTH.

A STUDY OF THE YEARS 1649-1660.

BY

EDWARD JENKS, B.A., LL.B.,

OF THE MIDDLE TEMPLE, BARRISTER AT LAW;
FELLOW OF KING'S COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE;

PROFESSOR AND DEAN OF THE FACULTY OF LAW IN THE
UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE.

THIRLWALL DISSERTATION, 1889.

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AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS.

1890

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