The Significance of the 1264 Battle of Lewes | 2 Minute History

[Music] Simon de Montfort led an army of rebellious barons into battle against forces loyal to Henry the 3rd the Battle of Lewes was a decisive victory for de Montfort among those captured with a king himself Prince Edward and Richard of quarrel Henry's brother and king of the Germans de menthe that he used his victory to establish a government based on the 1258 provisions of Oxford while Henry retained the title and authority of King all decisions now rested with his Council led by De Montfort and subject to consultation with Parliament in all that name Simon de Montfort was King of England democra invited each county to send two representatives to Parliament as Henry had done in 1254 however in a new development De Montfort also invited a select group of borough towns this was the first time that towns important centres of Commerce were represented in Parliament while significant at the time in making Parliament war representative in expounding de montfort space of support we should not overstate the importance of his reforms power was still concentrated at the top of society and representatives of the boroughs were not regular invited to Parliament until the 14th century and even then a future king would need to lose his head before Parliament itself would be regularly called and its rights firmly established [Music]