When did the power end with the Royal Family and switch to the parliment?
This is the site for the houses of parliament there are quite a few interesting history and procedural documents here http://www.parliament.uk/works/works.cfm#Hist I think the two gold items you are referring to are actually one – the mace. This is the symbol of parliaments authority and sits in front of the speaker – It’s been man-handled by a few politicians in it’s time when they got carried away. There are several important dates in the transfer of power from the crown Before 1066 Anglo-Saxons had a primative system of moots or regional parliaments – that all stopped when the Normans invaded 1215 – King John was forced to sign the Magna Carta which established the principal that the king was subject to the law lke anybody else 1341 first Parliament of commons and lords with the first speaker 35 years later 1641 – Civil war after King Charles tries to rule without parliament and is tried and executed 8 years later for doing so.
