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How were houses in English monarchy formed/changed? In the context of the War of the Roses, we have two different Houses, the Yorks and the Lancasters, even though its heads were siblings and direct descendants of the house Plantagenet.

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I'd really like to know, How did the British Parliament transform into the modern representative government that we know today? Especially for the House of Commons?

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Where did the English Parliament in Early Modern England get their power to create laws?

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Why is the dominant hairstyle of 17th-century nobility long and effeminate?

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How were houses in English monarchy formed/changed? In the context of the War of the Roses, we have two different Houses, the Yorks and the Lancasters, even though its heads were siblings and direct descendants of the house Plantagenet.	15
I'd really like to know, How did the British Parliament transform into the modern representative government that we know today? Especially for the House of Commons?	5
Where did the English Parliament in Early Modern England get their power to create laws?	5
Why is the dominant hairstyle of 17th-century nobility long and effeminate?	1