Which Generalization About Parliaments Does NOT Correspond to Historical Reality

question 77

Multiple Choice

Which generalization about parliaments does NOT correspond to historical reality?

• A)Parliaments became a common institution throughout medieval Europe.
• B)Medieval parliaments were the ancestors of today's representative, constitutional governments.
• C)Representative parliaments are unique to Western Civilization.
• D)Medieval parliaments demonstrate that medieval king did not have the absolute power of a Roman emperor.
• E)As clerical leaders, archbishops, bishops, and abbots were prohibited from parliamentary participation.

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