A landmark contribution to the history of the English constitution in its formative period, The King’s Council in England During the Middle Ages (1913)—a comprehensive study of the history and operations of the king’s council filling the gap left by historians between King John and the reign of Henry VIII—examines the methods of procedure that gave the council its distinctive character.

A landmark contribution to the history of the English constitution in its formative period, The King’s Council in England During the Middle Ages (1913)—a comprehensive study of the history and operations of the king’s council filling the gap left by historians between King John and the reign of Henry VIII—examines the methods of procedure that gave the council its distinctive character.

A landmark contribution to the history of the English constitution in its formative period, The King’s Council in England During the Middle Ages (1913)—a comprehensive study of the history and operations of the king’s council filling the gap left by historians between King John and the reign of Henry VIII—examines the methods of procedure that gave the council its distinctive character.