The name was therefore adopted to signify the university’s location within and commitment to the city of Leicester, and the traditions of democracy as epitomised by the British Parliament. Simon de ...

This gave us the name of a new institution – Parliament. Henry appealed to the Pope to annul the Provisions of Oxford. But this provoked his own brother-in-law, Simon de Montfort, to raise an ...

The 750th anniversary of the Simon de Montfort Parliament was remembered at Evensong in Westminster Abbey at 5.00 pm on Thursday 22nd January 2015. A Service of Thanksgiving for the Life and Work of ...