Lecture Xxv.--Page 509

Summary of the history of the Parliament from the death of Richard II. to the accession of the House of Stuart.

Progress of the forms of procedure, and of the privileges of Parliament.

Liberty of speech in both Houses.

Inviolability of members of Parliament.

Judicial power of the House of Lords.

Decadence of the Parliament during the wars of the Roses, and under the Tudor dynasty.

Causes of this decadence and of the progress of royal authority, from Henry VII. to Elizabeth.

Conclusion.

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History Of The Origin Of Representative Government In Europe.