Seymour Phillips

The Parliament Rolls of Medieval England, 1275-1504: IV: Edward III. 1327-1348 Seymour Phillips

Marc Notes: The rolls of parliament were the official records of the meetings of the English parliament from the reign of Edward I (1272-1307) until the reign of Henry VII (1485-1509), after which they were superseded by the journals of the lords, and, somewhat later, the commons. This series reproduces the rolls in their entirety. Publisher Marketing: The rolls of parliament were the official records of the meetings of the English parliament from the reign of Edward I (1272-1307) until the reign of Henry VII (1485-1509), after which they were superseded by the journals of the lords, and, somewhat later, the commons. This volume covers the first ten years of the reign of Edward III. It begins with the parliament of 1327, during which Edward II was deposed, which was called in the name of Edward II but was treated as the first parliament of the reign of Edward III. In addition to the deposition and later murder of Edward II, this period was marked by other dramatic events: the rule of Roger Mortimer and Isabella, the former queen of Edward II; the trials in 1330 of Mortimer and his accomplices for the murder of Edward II; the renewal of war with Scotland and the path to war with France. All these are reflected directly or indirectly in the Parliament Rolls. An introduction is provided to each of the Parliaments during this period, discussing the political context in which it was held; the purpose for which it was summoned; who was summoned; and analyzing the proceedings of the parliament both as recorded in the Parliament Rolls and in other sources, such as royal records and chronicles. Seymour Phillips is Professor of History, University College Dublin; Mark Ormrod is Professor of History, University of York.

Contributor Bio:  Phillips, Seymour J. R. S. Phillips is Head of the Department of Medieval History at University College, Dublin. Contributor Bio:  Ormrod, Mark Mark Ormrod is Professor and Director of the Centre for Medieval Studies at the University of York. Contributor Bio:  Ormrod, W Mark W. Mark Ormrod is Professor of Medieval History at the UniveW. Mark Ormrod is Professor of Medieval History at the University of York and is a specialist in the history of later mersity of York and is a specialist in the history of later medieval England. He is the author of The Reign of Edward III dieval England. He is the author of The Reign of Edward III (1990) and Political Life in Medieval England 1300-1450 (199(1990) and Political Life in Medieval England 1300-1450 (1995) and has edited (with Philip Lindley) The Black Death in E5) and has edited (with Philip Lindley) The Black Death in England (1996) and (with Nicola McDonald) Rites of Passage: Cngland (1996) and (with Nicola McDonald) Rites of Passage: Cultures of Transition in Fourteenth-Century England (2004). ultures of Transition in Fourteenth-Century England (2004).