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1. Changing Perspectives: Parliament, Poetry and the 'Civil Service' under Richard II and Henry IV.

Author

Dodd, Gwilym

Subjects
*LITERARY criticism, *POETRY (Literary form), *LEGISLATIVE bodies -- History, BRITISH history
Abstract

The article discusses the different views towards parliament, poetry and civil service during the reigns of Richard II and Henry IV in England. Poetry during Richard II's reign expressed dissatisfaction with the parliament and considered it as a threat to the king's authority. Likewise, the regime of Henry IV believed that the parliament was not doing enough to amend the problems of the kingdom. Henry IV, however, decided to adopt the right of the parliament to criticize the government.

Published
2006
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2. HISTORY.

Subjects
POOR laws, POVERTY, EIGHTEENTH century, LEGISLATORS, LEGISLATIVE bodies -- History, CRITICISM
Abstract

Comments on the article "Parliament and Poverty in Mid-Eighteenth-Century England," by Richard Connors, published in a 2002 issue of "Parliamentary History." Parliamentary efforts to reform poor laws; Attitudes of eighteenth-century legislators toward the parish and the poor.

Published
2004

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