AQA GCSE History · 8145
Paper 2
Revise: Government and JusticeIn 1295 Edward needed money for war against Philip IV of France, who had confiscated Gascony. He summoned an unusually comprehensive assembly, later called the Model Parliament.
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GCSE History · key term
The name later historians gave to Edward I’s assembly of 1295, whose broad representation became a model for later parliaments.
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Paper 2
Revise: Government and JusticeIn 1295 Edward needed money for war against Philip IV of France, who had confiscated Gascony. He summoned an unusually comprehensive assembly, later called the Model Parliament.
Paper 2
Edward I’s Parliament of 1295, which included clergy, nobles and representatives of counties, cities and boroughs. Its composition provided a model for later parliaments.
The Model Parliament was not the first parliament or a modern democracy. Explain what changed in representation and authority in 1295.
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As king, Edward I met Parliament more regularly than his father. His Model Parliament of 1295 brought together clergy and nobles with two knights from each county, two burgesses from each borough and two citizens from each city. This composition provided a model for later parliaments and the future House of Commons.