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"Before 1640, parliament was not powerful and it did not contain an opposition". Discuss.
There are two schools of thought concerning parliamentary power and opposition prior to 1640. The older Whig ideal argues that Parliament was indeed powerful, and contained opposition to the government, i.e. the Crown ....
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.... Parliament over her marriage, Elizabeth ordered them to stop this debate because it was a "matters of state", Wentworth reacted to this by saying this was "a breach of the liberty of the free speech of the House". Elizabeth, strongly as possible; "let this my discipline stand you in stead of sorer strokes, never tempt too far a prince's patience", a warning to Parliament that they should not oppose her wishes. There were many instances in which the Queen had to rebuke Parliament for infringing her prerogatives, 1572 where a passing of a Bill concerning Mary ....
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