Lecture Xxiv.--Page 494

State of the Parliament under Richard II.

Struggle between absolute royalty and parliamentary government.

Origin of the Civil List.

Progress of the responsibility of ministers.

Progress of the returns of the employment of the public revenue.

The Commons encroach upon the government.

Reaction against the sway of the Commons.

Violence and fall of Richard II.

Progress of the essential maxims and practices of representative government.

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