HIST 1010 Lecture 8: Hist 1010- 87
24 Feb 2019
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Unlike the absolute monarchs such as france and spain, the britain rulers shared power with the nobility and a lesser aristocracy known as the gentry. This formed a bicameral legislature known as parliament made of the house of lords and the house of commons. Magna carta ( great charter) of 1215 this established that the people had basic rights and that everyone was equal before the law and no person was above the law, including those in power. Queen elizabeth who did not get married or have an heir died in 1603. Since her line ran out if fell next in line to the stuarts. Whose dynasty would expand over most of the17th century. Son of mary queen of scots became king of england as elizabeth had planned. Great britain describes the merging of scotland, england, with ireland. James (king of england) known as the "wisest fool of in christendom"
