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The New International Encyclopædia/Parliament of Dunces, The

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2373791The New International Encyclopædia — Parliament of Dunces, The

PARLIAMENT OF DUNCES, The. The Parliament of 1404, under Henry IV., to which, because no lawyers were admitted, the name Unlearned or Lawless (Parliamentum Indoctum) was given by Sir Edward Coke.