Constitutional History of England, Henry VII to George II. Volume 1 of 3

_Quiet accession of James._--It might afford an illustration of the fallaciousness of political speculations, to contrast the hopes and inquietudes that agitated the minds of me...

_Change of religion on the queen's accession._--The accession of Elizabeth, gratifying to the whole nation on account of the late queen's extreme unpopularity, infused peculiar...

The subject of the two last chapters, I mean the policy adopted by Elizabeth for restricting the two religious parties which from opposite quarters resisted the exercise of her...

REFORMATION. _State of public opinion as to religion._--No revolution has ever been more gradually prepared than that which separated almost one-half of Europe from the communio...

Charles the First had much in his character very suitable to the times in which he lived, and to the spirit of the people he was to rule; a stern and serious deportment, a disin...

The two statutes enacted in the first year of Elizabeth, commonly called the Acts of Supremacy and Uniformity, are the main links of the Anglican church with the temporal consti...

_Ancient government of England._--The government of England, in all times recorded by history, has been one of those mixed or limited monarchies which the Celtic and Gothic trib...

jurisdiction of the council, or rather a part of the council, over this peculiar class of offences; and after reciting the combinations supported by giving liveries, and by inde...

determine such causes and matters as should be assigned to them by the king, "as heretofore hath been accustomed and used;" which implies a previous existence of some such juris...

authority of other lists, they were much fewer before the accession of James. This writer, I may observe in passing, has, through haste and thoughtlessness, misstated a passage...

Few historical works have stood the test of time better than Hallam's _Constitutional History_. It was written nearly a century ago--the first edition was published in 1827--and...

complete immunity from penal laws for the catholics, entered into by the prince and Buckingham; but, on full deliberation in the council, it was agreed that he must adhere to hi...

Parliament of 1625--Its Dissolution--Another Parliament called--Prosecution of Buckingham--Arbitrary Proceedings towards the Earls of Arundel and Bristol--Loan demanded by the K...

Ancient Government of England--Limitations of Royal Authority--Difference in the Effective Operation of these--Sketch of the State of Society and Law--Henry VII.--Statute for th...

Quiet Accession of James--Question of his Title to the Crown--Legitimacy of the Earl of Hertford's Issue--Early Unpopularity of the King--Conduct towards the Puritans --Parliame...

Change of Religion on the Queen's Accession--Acts of Supremacy and Uniformity--Restraint of Roman Catholic Worship in the first Years of Elizabeth--Statute of 1562--Speech of Lo...

General Remarks--Defective Security of the Subject's Liberty--Trials for Treason and other Political Offences unjustly conducted--Illegal Commitments--Remonstrance of Judges aga...

Origin of the Differences among the English Protestants --Religious Inclinations of the Queen--Unwillingness of many to comply with the established Ceremonies--Conformity enforc...

State of public Opinion as to Religion--Henry VIII.'s Controversy with Luther--His Divorce from Catherine --Separation from the Church of Rome--Dissolution of Monasteries--Progr...