Talk:States-General of the Netherlands

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[edit] Estates-General

I don't think that "Estates-General" is accurate. In France, the legislature was called the Estates-General because it was a General Assembly of all the Estates, or social classes. In the Netherlands, the legislature consisted of representatives from each province, or state. Hence States-General. The current Dutch legislature is a descendant of the originial states-legislature.--Henrybaker 04:08, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)

I agree, henceforth I suggest a change if and when no opposing comment is given on this talk page. -- kaivanmil 10:47, 14 November 2005 (UTC)

Change. [1] Intangible 18:26, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

Your basic assumption is wrong: the provinces weren't the States: each province had its own States; however it's true that the States-General were not the direct representation of the Estates of all the Netherlands, but only indirectly by assembling representatives of the provincial States. But all this is moot: what matters is that even in the 17th century most British sources simply called them the "States-General".--MWAK 09:45, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

Since there seems to be agreement, I'm going to go ahead and move this. Ddye 22:36, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Lower House

If the "Lower House" is the more important body why is it the lower house?

And why are the Commons so common? :o)--MWAK 09:45, 4 April 2006 (UTC)