Highlights the breadth of surviving material for seventeenth century Parliaments in England.

Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction Chris R. Kyle; 1. Debates in the House of Commons, 1604¿1607 Simon Healy; 2. War or Peace? Jacobean politics and the Parliament of 1621 Brennan Pursell; 3. 'It will be a scandal to show what we have done with such a number:' House of commons Committee Attendance Lists, 1606¿1628 Chris R. Kyle; 4. Tactical Organisation in a contested election: Sir Edward Dering and the spring election at Kent, 1640 Jason Peacey; 5. 'Particular businesses' in the Long Parliament: The Hull Letters, 1643¿1648 David Scott; Index.