English Parliament (1)

Mikk Hödemann 12.d klass
English Parliament
What can I say about the English history at all? I think that this is the most interesting history I had to study . During this subject ( British civilization), I discovered some exciting facts, occasions which took place in the British history. One of these “discoveries” was the English Parliament. I was amazed how fast it grew within the centuries , from eleventh to seventeenth centuries.
The political history of British Isles over the past 800 years has been largely one of reducing the power of the monarchy and transferring authority to a London-based Parliament as the sovereign legislative body for all of Britain . This development has resulted in political, social and religious conflicts, as well as evolving governmental and constitutional institutions.
The early political history of the British Isles is the story of four independent countries ( England , Scotland, Wales and Ireland ), but a dominant English political and military expansionism over the century .
Near the end of the Middle Ages, the role of government in England