Great Council

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historical institution medieval English royal advisory assembly

The Great Council, or Magnum Concilium, was a medieval English royal advisory assembly of nobles and clergy that evolved into the English Parliament.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Great Council canonical 1
Great Council of the realm 1

Statements (35)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical institution ⓘ
medieval English royal advisory assembly ⓘ
advised English king ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Magnum Concilium NERFINISHED ⓘ
authorityBasis feudal obligations ⓘ
composedOf clergy ⓘ
nobles ⓘ
convenedBy English monarch ⓘ
country Kingdom of England ⓘ
dealtWith high justice ⓘ
military affairs ⓘ
succession issues ⓘ
taxation matters ⓘ
evolvedInto Parliament of England NERFINISHED ⓘ
function deliberative assembly ⓘ
royal advisory body ⓘ
hasLatinName Magnum Concilium NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalSignificance step in development of English parliamentary institutions ⓘ
influenced structure of later English Parliament ⓘ
languageOfName Latin ⓘ
membershipIncluded abbots ⓘ
barons ⓘ
bishops ⓘ
earls ⓘ
metAt Westminster NERFINISHED ⓘ
various royal residences ⓘ
partOf English royal government ⓘ
predecessorOf Parliament of England NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryPurpose consent to major royal decisions ⓘ
counsel to the king ⓘ
region England ⓘ
relatedConcept Curia Regis NERFINISHED ⓘ
roleInConstitutionalHistory forerunner of representative parliament GENERATED ⓘ
typeOf feudal council ⓘ
usedInPeriod Middle Ages NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Magnum Concilium → hasNameInLanguage → Great Council ⓘ
Model Parliament → precededBy → Great Council ⓘ
this entity surface form: Great Council of the realm