What was the Cortes?
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Topic: What was the Cortes?
Posted By: rider
Subject: What was the Cortes?
Date Posted: 26-Nov-2005 at 12:33
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I have never really understood what The Cortes really was and I believe some Spanish expert can explain it to me.
PS! I am not talking of Hernan Cortes. |
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Posted By: Jhangora
Date Posted: 26-Nov-2005 at 13:17
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http://www.cortesisland.com/cgi-bin/tideline/show_home.cgi - http://www.cortesisland.com/cgi-bin/tideline/show_home.cgi -------------  Jai Badri Vishal
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Posted By: Maju
Date Posted: 26-Nov-2005 at 13:52
That's the Parlament. It means literally the Courts. In singular (corte) can also be used for a tribunal.
Of course. Because it is Hernán Cortés, which means Hernán (a version of Ferdinand) Courteous. Cortes (as in las Cortes Generales del Reino) has the emphasis in the first syllabe [KOHR-tehs]. Cortés has the emphasis in the last syllabe [kohr-TEHS] instead. ------------- 
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Posted By: Frederick Roger
Date Posted: 28-Nov-2005 at 04:33
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It's not actually a parlament. It's a general assembly, consisting of representants of the three orders, usually gathered to invest a new King or for the monarch to pass an important law. It became obsolete with the advent of Absolutism, having a brief appearance before the organization of Political Parties and modern democracy. ------------- |
Posted By: Maju
Date Posted: 28-Nov-2005 at 08:15
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Well, in Spain the Parlament is still called Las Cortes, it consists of
a Congress of Deputies (low chamber) and a Senate (upper chamber). Of
course, in Medieval times it was diferent.
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