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Alfonso IX of León
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Alfonso IX of León
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Monday, April 22, 2024
Alfonso's Family Tree
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Alfonso IX of León cared enough about his country that he summoned what can be called the first Parliament in Western Europe to hear from a...
Sunday, April 21, 2024
Alfonso's Marriage Blues
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King Alfonso IX of León (1171 - 1230) may be noted for calling the Three Estates together to advise him—the first such gathering in Western...
Saturday, April 20, 2024
The First European Parliament?
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The word "parliament" is from the French parlement, first seen in the 11th century to mean "parley" or "conversati...
Friday, April 19, 2024
The Wives of John of Brienne
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John of Brienne may have been intended for the monastery by his father, but circumstances turned him into a far busier player in the politic...
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