Introduction: historiography and sources -- Parliament and the paper constitutions -- Elections -- Exclusions -- Factional politics and parliamentary management -- Oliver Cromwell and parliaments -- Richard Cromwell and parliaments -- Law reform, judicature and the other house -- Religious reform -- Representation and taxation in England and Wales -- Parliament and foreign policy -- Irish and Scottish affairs -- Conclusion -- Appendix 1. Members excluded from the second protectorate parliament -- Appendix 2. The remonstrance of 23 february 1657
Summary
This is a detailed book-length study of the period of the Cromwellian Protectorate from December 1653 to its demise in May 1659
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-324) and index