Original Illustrations of English Constitutional History

This volume contains but a small number of documents, most of which are also in Adams and Stephens' Select Documents of English Constitutional History. Professor Medley's volume has, in fact, when differences in type and size of page are taken into consideration, only about half the bulk of Adams and Stephens' collection. Professor Medley has, however, given greater emphasis to certain topics, such, for example, as the form of parliamentary writs and the union with Ireland. The collection contains no documents beyond 1800; the earlier documents are given in Latin, without English translation.