Cortes Gerais

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Cortes Gerais was the historical Portuguese parliamentary assembly that represented the kingdom’s estates and advised the monarch on legislative and political matters.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf estates-general
historical parliamentary assembly
composedOf clergy estate
commoners estate
nobility estate
country Kingdom of Portugal
followedBy modern Portuguese parliamentary institutions
function approval of taxation
forum for negotiation between monarch and estates
petitioning the crown
ratification of certain laws
hasTypeOfBody consultative assembly
representative assembly
influencedBy medieval European estates-general
languageUsed Portuguese
location Lisbon
politicalSystem monarchy
precededBy early medieval Portuguese assemblies
relatedTo Iberian representative institutions
Portuguese constitutional history
Portuguese monarchy
role advised the Portuguese monarch
participated in legislative matters
participated in political matters
represented the kingdom’s estates

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AR predecessor Cortes Gerais
Portuguese Cortes alsoKnownAs Cortes Gerais
Portuguese Cortes alsoKnownAs Cortes Gerais
this entity surface form: Cortes Gerais e Extraordinárias da Nação Portuguesa
Portuguese Constitution of 1822 legislativeBody Cortes Gerais
this entity surface form: Cortes Gerais e Extraordinárias da Nação Portuguesa
Portuguese Constitution of 1822 adoptedBy Cortes Gerais
this entity surface form: Cortes Gerais e Extraordinárias da Nação Portuguesa
Cortes alsoKnownAs Cortes Gerais
Cortes alsoKnownAs Cortes Gerais
this entity surface form: Cortes Gerais e Extraordinárias da Nação Portuguesa