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Supplication against the OrdinariesOn the 18th of March 1532, a group of men entered the royal presence not to offer praise, but to hand over a document that threatened to unravel the…
House of Commons of EnglandIn the year 1265, a rebel leader named Simon de Montfort did something that would eventually reshape the world: he invited common townsmen to sit in a royal…
Star ChamberThe ceiling of the Star Chamber was once covered in gold stars painted on a blue background, a decorative motif common to medieval European palaces that gave…
Parliament of EnglandIn the year 1051, the great council known as the witan conducted a state trial that would define the limits of royal power for centuries to come.