Selected Statutes And Other Constitutional Documents

Author : G. W. Prothero
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ISBN 13 : 9781331316350
Total Pages : 636 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (163 download)

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Download or read book Select Statutes and Other Constitutional Documents written by G. W. Prothero and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-13 with total page 636 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Select Statutes and Other Constitutional Documents: Illustrative of the Reigns of Elizabeth and James I The index is not intended to be an index nominim except in a few important cases, but I have taken pains by means of a full analytical index rerum and a glossary to make the collection as useful as I can. Finally, I have to acknowledge, with much gratitude, the help and encouragement ungrudgingly given me by the Bishop of Oxford, the Bishop of Peterborough, Professor Maitland, Mr S. R. Gardiner, and Mr Hubert Hall of the Record Office; but I need hardly add that these gentlemen are in no way responsible for any mistakes which this book may contain. This edition differs but slightly from the former. I have modified a few sentences in the Introduction, corrected such errors as have been pointed out to me, and added three documents, viz. the opinion of the Judges on irregular imprisonments, quoted in Darnel's case (see Gardiner's Documents, ed. 2, p. 62); the first charter to the East India Company; and the charter which led to the foundation of Virginia. It would have been easy to print many other documents, throwing light on the ecclesiastical or the economic history of the time; but, oven if want of space had not forbidden such additions, they would have been beyond the scope of this collection, as defined by its title. I have only to add that my thanks are due to Mr J. T. Tomlinson for the assistance he has given me in connexion with ecclesiastical matters in Elizabeth's reign. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.