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King and commonwealth : $b A history of Charles I. and the great rebellion — John Shaqi

King and commonwealth : $b A history of Charles I. and the great rebellionPhillpotts, J. Surtees (James Surtees)

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King and commonwealth : $b A history of Charles I. and the great rebellion

Name: King and commonwealth : $b A history of Charles I. and the great rebellion
Author: Phillpotts, J. Surtees (James Surtees)

Phillpotts, J. Surtees (James Surtees)

Great Britain -- History -- Charles I, 1625-1649; Great Britain -- History -- Commonwealth and Protectorate, 1649-1660; Great Britain -- History -- Puritan Revolution, 1642-1660

GOVERNMENT.
                               |
          +--------------------+-------------------------+
          |                    |                         |
     Legislative,          Executive,          Judicial, deciding what
     framing laws        executing laws         law is, and whether it
          |                    |                  is broken or not.
          |                    |                         |
          |                    |                 +-------+-------+
          |                    |                 |               |
          |                    |               Civil       Ecclesiastical
          |                    |               Courts          Courts
          |                    |                 |               |
    +-----+---+          +-----+---+         +---+----+       +--+----+
    |         |          |         |         |        |       |       |
  Legal   Arbitrary    Legal   Arbitrary   Legal Arbitrary  Legal  Arbitrary


                         Legislative,
                         framing laws
                               |
           +-------------------+-----------------------------------+
           |                                                       |
         Legal                                                 Arbitrary
           |                                                       |
   +-------+-----------+---------+------------+-----------+        |
   |       |           |         |            |           |        |
   |       |           |    freeholders  freeholders  inhabitants  |
   |       |           |    holding by   holding by   of certain   |
   |       |           |    free socage,   feudal       towns      |
   |       |           |     who elect    service,      elect      |
   |       |           |         |        who elect       |        |
   |       |           |         |           |            |        |
   |       |           |         +-----+-----+            |        |
   |       |       about 120           |                  |        |
   |  26 bishops     peers         about 100            about      |
   |      and      sitting by      knights of            400       |
   | archbishops   hereditary       shires            burgesses    |
   |       |         right             |                  |        |
   |       |           |               |                  |        |
   |       +---------+-+               +----+-------------+        |
   |                 |                      |                      |
  King        House of Lords         House of Commons           King who
    \                |                     /                  by prerogative
     \               |                    /                        |
      +--------------+-------------------+                         |
                     |                                      +------+

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