Honour, Interest and Power: An Illustrated History of the House of Lords, 1660-1715

by Paul Seaward

The House of Lords presented the stage on which some of the critical confrontations in English and British constitutional and political history were played out in the late seventeenth and early eighteenth century. Published for the History of Parliament Trust.

Condemned as 'useless and dangerous', the House of Lords was abolished in the revolution of 1649, shortly after the execution of King Charles I. Reinstated, along with the monarchy, at...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1843835762
• ISBN13: 9781843835769
• Release Date: October 2010
• Publisher: Boydell Press
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 2.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 9.5" x 7.2"