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🇬🇧 Simon de Montfort, Victory at the Battle of Lewes, His triumph led to the first English Parliament with a form of representative governance, a foundational step in the development of modern parliamentary democracy.
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Simon de Montfort's Parliament (parliament.uk)
Simon de Montfort's Parliament - Wikipedia (wikipedia.org)
Simon De Montfort's parliament (parliament.uk)
Simon de Montfort and the Battle of Lewes - History of Parliament blog (wordpress.com)
Battle of Lewes: England's first fight for democracy? - BBC News (bbc.com)
Simon de Montfort's 1265 Parliament - History of government (gov.uk)
Simon de Montfort: The turning point for democracy that gets ... - BBC (bbc.com)
Simon de Montfort and the emergence of Parliament - YouTube (youtube.com)