Origins of Parliament

Exploring the barons' grievances with King Henry III; the role of Simon de Montfort in the Second Barons' War; the Provisions of Oxford and the Parliament of 1265 and their short and long-term impact.

Origins of Parliament Stories

Parliament before Montfort

Origins of Parliament Stories

Eleanor de Montfort

Origins of Parliament Stories

The king's aliens

An eighteenth century stipple engraving of a middle-aged man, Thomas Hardy, founder of the London Corresponding Society.
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