Chapter 30 The King in the House
The predecessor of the British Parliant can be traced back to the Anglo-Aricans from the 5th to the 7th centuries AD. Saxon period.
In the middle of the 5th century, Angles, Saxons and Jutes invaded Britain.
Taking advantage of the power vacuum that erged after the Romans withdrew from Britain, they successively conquered Britain and established seven kingdoms, large and small.
British historians call the period from the end of the 6th century to 870 the "Seven Kingdoms Age". In these kingdoms, representatives of the king and nobles jointly ford a "sage council". The main function of the Council of Sages is to assist the king in handling state affairs and to determine the successor of the kingdom according to the hereditary principle.
During the developnt of the Norman Dynasty, the Norman Duke William I who conquered England created an institution similar to the "Sage Council" called the "Great Council".
It is mainly composed of two major feudal lords, monks and layn, and direct vassals of the king, and a eting is held every three years to decide important events of the country.
Due to the complex organization of the congress and the fact that it is often impossible to hold it, just like our National People's Congress, there are too many people.
So a small eting (similar to the Senior Officials eting) was constructed under the big eting. The small eting is the core body of the big eting. It is composed of senior court ministers such as the chief of royal affairs and the chief security officer, and integrates legislation, administration and justice. Also known as the "imperial eting". It is seen as the predecessor of the British Parliant.
In 1215, in order to resist the king's excessive taxation, the nobles launched an uprising and forced the king to sign the famous "Magna Carta" in British history. Its main purpose is to clarify the feudal rights of the king and nobles and prevent the king from violating these rights.
From the 5th century to the 15th century, it seems that power has been shifting towards the direction of the parliant that restricts the power of the king, but the king still has practical decision-making power. Parliant is called only when the king needs it.
For example, in the 24 years of Henry VII's reign, Parliant was only convened seven tis, and in the 45 years of Elizabeth I's life, Parliant was only convened 10 tis. , It has completely beco the **** wiper of the royal power, used when needed, and discarded when not needed.
Thus, Congress in the feudal era was generally a subsidiary institution of the feudal monarchy. Only when the capitalist mode of production excluded the feudal mode of production could the Congress truly transform into a representative institution connected to assets.
Since the "collective suicide" of nobles during the War of the Roses, the check and balance parliant composed of the king, the House of Lords, and the House of Commons has almost completely beco a master-servant parliant dominated by the king. Of course, it is a joke to expect such a parliant to limit the kingship.
The Tudor dynasty did not abolish the parliant. On the contrary, it also supported the parliant well, and regarded its support as a symbol of public opinion for the Tudor royal family to rule England. Being able to get the support of the parliant puts the cloak of public opinion on the legitimacy of the Tudor royal family's royal rule, and greatly strengthens the Tudor dynasty's dominance over England.
Edward’s title of Lord of Wales and title of King of Ireland were all titles that Henry VIII added to himself under the guise of Parliant. Even the reason for Henry VIII’s divorce was found by Parliant for him. Parliant has really beco a loyal and obedient organization. This is also a proof that later generations agreed that the Tudor monarchy was unprecedentedly powerful in English history.
As for why the parliant was like a ta dog in the hands of the Tudor monarchs, but turned into a wild wolf in the hands of the Stuart monarchs, opposing the Stuart monarchs everywhere.
So people will say that this is the result of Charles I's indiscriminate tax increase, but in fact Henry VIII did more excessively.
After the Reformation, Henry VIII used troops against France year after year, no matter how strong the background of copying Catholicism was. So he convened five consecutive parliants to collect taxes to make up for financial losses!
The main reason is that Charles I was too independent. He didn't discuss with the parliant when he usually raised taxes. He waited until the money was not enough to find the parliant. At that ti, the House of Commons had the right to levy taxes nationwide, while neither the king nor the House of Lords had this right. This was a rule established in the Middle Ages.
It is still a word, no comparison, no harm. In terms of tax collection, although the Tudor dynasty sotis instructed local authorities to force loans to residents, those who refused and those who did not have enough loans were even summoned by the Privy Council. Use only occasionally in special cases.
On the whole, the Tudor dynasty never set aside Parliant to impose a national tax.
According to records, in 1496, the Senate (a governnt agency at the ti) had decided to levy a tax of 120,000 pounds without authorization, but it also announced that the decision could only take effect after the approval of the next parliant; The apportionnt of movable property taxes to the monks and layn without the parliant resulted in nothing but accusations of "breaking the law and liberty".
The monarchs of the Tudor dynasty often played with the parliant and gave them the opportunity to participate. Although they had no decision-making power and had to agree to any bill, the mbers were still willing to be abused and happy.
Moreover, the monarchs of the Tudor dynasty treated the MPs like dogs, not only blindly asking for them, but also giving them a little sweetness.
Because the mbers of the House of Commons are knights and citizens at the grassroots level, they do not have the sa privileges as nobles. So the kings gave the parliantarians so privileges to satisfy their desires.
The king happily gave them the right to free speech, the immunity of parliantarians, and the right to dispose of parliantarians on their own. And without these privileges, at least half of the mbers of the House of Commons would have to leave.
The Duke of Sorset left the House of Lords dryly, and was slowly coming to the House of Commons.
"Dear Your Excellency, welco to the House of Commons!" A fat gentleman in his fifties greeted Edward Seymour the mont he entered the House of Commons. He was very enthusiastic.
The Duke of Sorset glanced at the gentleman in front of him, Richard Stroud, with a natural and cheerful smile on his face, which made people unconsciously develop a good impression of him.
"Dear Your Excellency the Duke, our Speaker is ill and recuperating at ho, please don't bla him!" Gentleman Richard was very polite to the new Lord Duke standing in front of him.
"Sir Moore's heart for the public really makes us very ashad! There is still a reason to bla!"
"Your Excellency the Duke's tolerant heart, that really makes people feel like sunshine!"
"Haha! Mr. Gentleman's elegant gift also makes admire!" As they spoke, the two praised each other.
Edward Seymour was still very friendly towards Richard Straul, because during the period when Sir Thomas More was ill, he was almost the leader of the House of Commons, and he was very prestigious among so mbers. .
For example, the freedom of speech of mbers of parliant is due to him. In the Parliant in 1512, Richard Straul was imprisoned by the judge of the tin mining court because he was young and ignorant, and recklessly wanted to introduce a bill on tin mines. As a result, the House of Commons insisted that the court be acquitted Release him, but how can the court agree, the two are at a stalemate.
In the end, it was Henry VIII who made the decision to let Richard go, which set a precedent for the freedom of speech of mbers of parliant.
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