The Houses of Parliament - Torture reveals plot!!
Bodwick
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November 5, 1605, a solitary figure is arrested in the cellars of Parliament House. Although he first gives his name as John Johnson, a startling series of events begins to unfold under torture.
The Houses of Parliament - I was in hospital enjoying the NHS 5* treatment and snapped this at 7.10am(According to Big Ben) from the gardens.
The origins of Parliament go all the way back to the medieval Curia Regis, or Great Council, a body of noblemen and ecclesiastical advisors to the King that evolved into the House of Lords. Quasi-legislative, it was primarily a judicial and executive body.
The Model Parliament of 1295 encompassed a mixture of clergy, lords and elected officials. Representatives of the Knights and Burgesses were also assembled to approve royal to the monarchy. They eventually developed into the Houses of Commons and Lords.
The House of Lords dominated until Henry VIII's Reformation Parliament act, which put an end to the Church's domination of Parliament and shifted the balance of power to the Commons. A Catholic conspiracy to blow up Parliament on November 5, 1605, failed and ended with the execution of Guy Fawkes in Old Palace Yard.
During the English Civil War (1642-48) and its aftermath, Parliament gained legislative supremacy over taxation and expenditures. Parliamentary sovereignty was permanently affirmed by the Glorious Revolution of 1688.
The Palace of Westminster was destroyed nearly completely by a major fire in 1834. The King offered Buckingham Palace as an alternative to rebuilding, but his offer was declined by Parliament. Sir Charles Barry and A. W. Pugin began construction of a new government complex and created a masterpiece in the Victorian Gothic style which stands today.
The Industrial Revolution of the early 19th century led to the demands of the new classes for representation and passage of reform bills that greatly extended masuffrage. Universal male and female suffrage was granted in the early 1900's.
I hope the passage of time allows a slight political edge to be ok...:D
The Houses of Parliament - I was in hospital enjoying the NHS 5* treatment and snapped this at 7.10am(According to Big Ben) from the gardens.
The origins of Parliament go all the way back to the medieval Curia Regis, or Great Council, a body of noblemen and ecclesiastical advisors to the King that evolved into the House of Lords. Quasi-legislative, it was primarily a judicial and executive body.
The Model Parliament of 1295 encompassed a mixture of clergy, lords and elected officials. Representatives of the Knights and Burgesses were also assembled to approve royal to the monarchy. They eventually developed into the Houses of Commons and Lords.
The House of Lords dominated until Henry VIII's Reformation Parliament act, which put an end to the Church's domination of Parliament and shifted the balance of power to the Commons. A Catholic conspiracy to blow up Parliament on November 5, 1605, failed and ended with the execution of Guy Fawkes in Old Palace Yard.
During the English Civil War (1642-48) and its aftermath, Parliament gained legislative supremacy over taxation and expenditures. Parliamentary sovereignty was permanently affirmed by the Glorious Revolution of 1688.
The Palace of Westminster was destroyed nearly completely by a major fire in 1834. The King offered Buckingham Palace as an alternative to rebuilding, but his offer was declined by Parliament. Sir Charles Barry and A. W. Pugin began construction of a new government complex and created a masterpiece in the Victorian Gothic style which stands today.
The Industrial Revolution of the early 19th century led to the demands of the new classes for representation and passage of reform bills that greatly extended masuffrage. Universal male and female suffrage was granted in the early 1900's.
I hope the passage of time allows a slight political edge to be ok...:D
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