Author: TRIENNIAL ACT. Title: A Letter to a Friend in Suffolk, Occasion'd by a Report of Repealing the Triennial Act.
Description: Printed [for W. Wilkins] in the Year 1716. 22pp., with half-title, disbound. Sometimes attributed to Daniel Defoe but not in Moore. The Triennial Act, reluctantly agreed to by Charles I (who said it reduced his sovereign powers), which stated that there had to be a parliament of at least 50 days duration every three years. It was designed to prevent a repetition of the long absences of parliament seen in the '11 Year Tyranny' of 1629-1640.
Keywords: POLITICS ENGLISH CIVIL WAR ANTIQUARIAN HISTORY
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- Book number: 26532