Great Britain
is a constitutional monarchy. This means it has a monarch as its Head of the
State. The monarch reigns with the support of Parliament. The UK
Parliament is one of the oldest representative assemblies in the world, having
its origin in the mid-13th century. By the
1250s King Henry III (1216-1272) was running into difficulties with his
nobility. They were angry at
Lessons from Russia's parliamentary
early twentieth century
Study of Russia's historical and political
experience beginning of XX century. Promotes better understanding of the social
realities of the Belarusian society, allows a clearer idea of the difficulties
and possibilities of our movement toward democracy and the rule of
The political history of British Isles over the past 800 years has
been largely one of reducing the power of the monarchy and transferring
authority to a London-based Parliament as the sovereign legislative bo
