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The first modern parliaments date back to the Middle Ages. In 1188 Alfonso IX, King of León (in current day Spain) convened the three states in the Cortes of León and its considered by UNESCO the first sample of modern parliamentarism in the history of Europe, with the presence of the common people through elected representatives.[1][2]
An early example of parliamentary government developed in today's Netherlands and Belgium during the Dutch revolt (1581), when the sovereign, legislative and executive powers were taken over by the States General of the Netherlands from the then-monarch, King Philip II of Spain.[citation needed] The modern concept of parliamentary government was further developed in the Kingdom of England (1688).
- ^ UNESCO, Memory of the World. The Decreta of León of 1188 - The oldest documentary manifestation of the European parliamentary system, archived from the original on 24 June 2016, retrieved 21 May 2016
- ^ "The Decreta of León of 1188 - The oldest documentary manifestation of the European parliamentary system". UNESCO Memory of the World. 2013. Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
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