The Model Parliament included which groups?

The Model Parliament included which groups?

• A. Lords and Commons
• B. Clergy and Knights
• C. Merchants and Peasants
• D. Nobles and Bishops

Answer: (A)

The key idea is that Parliament was a two-house body combining different groups of representatives. The Model Parliament brought together the Lords—consisting of nobles and high-ranking bishops—and the Commons, made up of elected representatives from towns and counties (knights of the shire and burgesses from boroughs). This established the pattern of a bicameral legislature with an upper house of Lords and a lower house of Commons, a structure that shaped English governance for centuries. The other options mix parts of the Lords or imagine groups that weren’t the formal representatives in this early assembly.

The key idea is that Parliament was a two-house body combining different groups of representatives. The Model Parliament brought together the Lords—consisting of nobles and high-ranking bishops—and the Commons, made up of elected representatives from towns and counties (knights of the shire and burgesses from boroughs). This established the pattern of a bicameral legislature with an upper house of Lords and a lower house of Commons, a structure that shaped English governance for centuries. The other options mix parts of the Lords or imagine groups that weren’t the formal representatives in this early assembly.