How The United Kingdom And France Has Affected How Their Governments
Governments have existed since the civilization of man. Throughout the numerous centuries, people have been governed or controlled by these institutions set by either… Governments and how the power is distributed within said institutions can be a direct result of their history. By looking at historical figures and events of the unitary nations the United Kingdom and France, one can see how historical occurrences effected how their governments are run today.
Off the northern coast of France lies the island nation of the United Kingdom. In the UK, they have a parliamentary system of government. The UK’s government is set in the model of a constitutional monarchy. In today’s British constitutional monarchy, the reigning monarch is the head of state who is little more than a …show more content…
England has a long history of reducing the political power of the monarchy and giving authority to a body that started as a small council of the King’s chief vassals and evolve into the legislative body known as Parliament.
The history of Parliament began with the Norman Conquest of the island in 1066. When Duke William II of Normandy conquered Anglo-Saxon England and was crowned King William I of England, he brought over the political and economic structures of feudalism for the mainland. Feudalism can be described as a collection of legal and military customs. Basically, it was the way society was structured. It revolved around the relationships traced from the agreement between a lord and a vassal. Land, which is owned by the lord, can be portioned into multiple pieces. The lord can give a person one of these portions and the laborers bound to said land. In exchange, the person became a vassal or subordinate of that lord. Vassals were required to give military service and pay a tax to their lord. Kings were the supreme lord of the land. When his power was consolidated, King William parceled land to his supports. Men who are given land directly from the King or a territorial
Off the northern coast of France lies the island nation of the United Kingdom. In the UK, they have a parliamentary system of government. The UK’s government is set in the model of a constitutional monarchy. In today’s British constitutional monarchy, the reigning monarch is the head of state who is little more than a …show more content…
England has a long history of reducing the political power of the monarchy and giving authority to a body that started as a small council of the King’s chief vassals and evolve into the legislative body known as Parliament.
The history of Parliament began with the Norman Conquest of the island in 1066. When Duke William II of Normandy conquered Anglo-Saxon England and was crowned King William I of England, he brought over the political and economic structures of feudalism for the mainland. Feudalism can be described as a collection of legal and military customs. Basically, it was the way society was structured. It revolved around the relationships traced from the agreement between a lord and a vassal. Land, which is owned by the lord, can be portioned into multiple pieces. The lord can give a person one of these portions and the laborers bound to said land. In exchange, the person became a vassal or subordinate of that lord. Vassals were required to give military service and pay a tax to their lord. Kings were the supreme lord of the land. When his power was consolidated, King William parceled land to his supports. Men who are given land directly from the King or a territorial