Tudor Era Parliamentary Legitimacy and Constitutional Governance

This dataset supports a study on endogenous political legitimacy and the rise of constitutional monarchy in 16th-century England. It is authored by Avner Greif and was last updated in February 2026. Specific data dimensions such as row count, column count, and file formats are not provided in the input.

Use Cases

• Analyze the relationship between Otherpolitical Legitimacy metrics and the Otherreformation period in Tudor England.
• Examine the evolution of Constitutional Law principles as documented in the Otherparliament records.
• Study the institutional shift from 'Crown and Parliament' to 'Crown in Parliament' using historical Otherengland data.

Strengths

• Data is associated with a specific author, Avner Greif, providing academic provenance.
• The dataset was updated as recently as February 2026, indicating potential maintenance.
• The study focuses on a specific historical period (16th-century Tudor England) and concept (political legitimacy).

Limitations

• The dataset's structure is unknown, with no information on columns, rows, sample data, or file formats.
• The scope is narrowly focused on 16th-century England, limiting generalizability to other contexts.
• The description is theoretical, suggesting the underlying data may be interpretive or derived from historical analysis rather than raw records.

Provenance

Source

ICPSR Harvested Dataverse

Time Range

16th century (Tudor period)

Freshness

Last updated on 2026-02-23.

Geography

England