WHI-Chap20-parliament
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Parliament is a body of men who would assist and advise the King on important matters. William the Conqueror brought to England the feudal system of his native Normandy, and sought the advice of the curia regis, a group of advisors to the king. Under the Anglo-Saxon Kings, there was an advisory council, the Witenagemot. As part of the Norman Conquest of England, the new King, William I, did away with the Witenagemot, replacing it with a Curia Regis ("King's Council"). Membership of the Curia was largely restricted to the tenants in chief, the few nobles who "rented" great estates directly from the King, along with certain senior ecclesiastics.
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