The New International Encyclopædia/Parliament of Dunces, The

Edition of 1905. See also Unlearned Parliament on Wikipedia; and the disclaimer.

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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.