What caused the shift in power from the monarch to Parliament?

Question

resulting in England's limited constitutional monarchy.

Answer 1

The civil war (1642-51). Charles I lost heavily, was tried and executed. Britain was then ruled by Oliver Cromwell (basically a Puritan dictator who dismissed Parliament) for 11 years, we then invited Charles II (Charles I's son) to come over in 1660, and Parliament invited William of Orange to rule us in 1688, and after that the monarch had to accept Parliamentary supremacy.

Answer 2

Multiple events, of which two well known ones are Magna Carta (from a Baron's revolt), and the decapitation of Charles the First from overbearing arrogance (in the opinion of his critics). Oliver Cromwell's republic had so many operational crises that the monarchy was restored with Charles the Second, with conditions. Those conditions included limited powers. Later there would be problems even finding a suitable heir to the throne, hence the introduction of German royalty. Someone had to take charge of this problem, and Parliament was the only capable organization of fixing the succession, hence their active involvement in oversight of the monarch's powers.

Answer 3

I'll let Wikipedia handle the details, but here are the basics:

Following a series of military defeats of Royal forces, the Barons in England as a group were more militarily powerful than the monarchy. As no one noble had enough power to challenge the king themselves, they decided to work together to limit the power of the king over themselves.

Following a military defeat of the monarchy by Simon de Montfort, in 1265, the first elected Parliament adjourned. It was for landed white men only, but it slowly became more inclusive.

Please read the Wiki links. They are very good & I couldn't do as good of a job without gross plagerization.

Answer 4

What else money! Once Parliament got the right to tax they controlled the purse strings. Hence the rise of Parliament and fall of the monarchy.

Answer 5

At bottom, it comes to money. If the monarchy wanted to raise taxes and income for the government, it had to go through Parliament.

Answer 6

Oliver Cromwell