Editing Magnum Concilium (section)

== Tudor and Stuart eras ==
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According to ''The Oxford History of England'', [[Henry VII of England|Henry VII]] summoned the Magnum Concilium half a dozen times in the last years of the fifteenth century,{{Sfn|Mackie|1952|p=201}} but thereafter it fell into disuse. In the autumn of 1640 [[Charles I of England|Charles I]] summoned the first Magnum Concilium in generations, having dissolved the [[Short Parliament]] and suffered defeats in the [[Bishops' Wars]] against [[Scotland]]. The Concilium offered Charles a guaranteed loan of £200,000 sterling to pay the army and attempted unsuccessfully to negotiate with the Scots, but it declined to resume its ancient governing role, and urged Charles instead to summon a [[Long Parliament|new Parliament]], which then became a protagonist in the [[English Civil War]]. Following the [[Stuart Restoration]], the revived monarchy did not recreate the Magnum Concilium. Since then the Concilium has not met.