accession
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Almost a Parliament: Edward V’s assembly of 25 June 1483
The death of Edward IV on 9 April 1483 saw the accession of his son Edward V to the English…
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The First Accession Council
In modern Britain, the death of a monarch has little political impact; the work of government continues uninterrupted, apart from…
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The termination of medieval Parliaments on the demise of the reigning monarch
As much of the nation, and the world, continues to reflect on the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II…