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== History == | == History == | ||
The precise role and function of the Imperial Diet changed over the centuries, as did the Empire itself, in that the estates and separate territories gained more and more control of their own affairs at the expense of imperial power. Initially, there was neither a fixed time nor location for the Diet. It started as a convention of the dukes of the old Gaelic tribes that formed the Kingdom of Gallawa when important decisions had to be made, and was probably based on the old Gaelic law whereby each leader relied on the support of his leading men. For example, already under Emperor Conchobar the Great during the march on Urceopolis, the Diet, according to the Royal Levantine Annals, met at Durham in 756 and officially determined laws concerning the subdued Duchy of | The precise role and function of the Imperial Diet changed over the centuries, as did the Empire itself, in that the estates and separate territories gained more and more control of their own affairs at the expense of imperial power. Initially, there was neither a fixed time nor location for the Diet. It started as a convention of the dukes of the old Gaelic tribes that formed the Kingdom of Gallawa when important decisions had to be made, and was probably based on the old Gaelic law whereby each leader relied on the support of his leading men. For example, already under Emperor Conchobar the Great during the march on Urceopolis, the Diet, according to the Royal Levantine Annals, met at Durham in 756 and officially determined laws concerning the subdued Duchy of Harren and other members of the Latin League. | ||
During the period of the Recess of the Julii, beginning in 1816, members of the Diet from Urcea practiced a form of abstentionism, which ground the proceedings of the institution to a halt. Reforms in the 1840s which dealt with the definition of a legal quorum, ended the stalemate and allowed the proceedings of the Diet to continue. The Urcean delegation would return during the first decade of the 19th century. | During the period of the Recess of the Julii, beginning in 1816, members of the Diet from Urcea practiced a form of abstentionism, which ground the proceedings of the institution to a halt. Reforms in the 1840s which dealt with the definition of a legal quorum, ended the stalemate and allowed the proceedings of the Diet to continue. The Urcean delegation would return during the first decade of the 19th century. | ||