BILL OF RIGHTS
Anno Regni Gulielmi et Mariae... An Act Declaring the Rights and Liberties of the Subject, and Settling the Succession of the Crown, extracted from volume of Acts, pp.[2], 187-202, title with woodcut arms, woodcut head-piece and decorative initial, early manuscript note at head of title-page (?'Liberty - Subjects)', some browning and staining, small rust hole in Aaa2, without final blank, disbound, stitching loose [ESTC R236544], folio, Charles Bill and Thomas Newcomb, 1689
Footnotes:
FIRST EDITION OF THE ENGLISH BILL OF RIGHTS, 'one of the great constitutional documents of English history' (Oxford Companion to the Law). The result of the long struggle between the Stuart kings and the English Parliament, the bill incorporated the provisions of the Declaration of Rights which had been agreed without the force of law. It assured the Protestant succession to the throne, enshrined the free election of Members of Parliament, and became the foundation on which the government rested after the Glorious Revolution, laying the foundations of modern constitutional monarchy and ultimately providing the basis for the American Bill of Rights.
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