What is the purpose and function of a national assembly?Why did a national assembly emerge in England, ...?

Question

but not in France?

Answer 1

How did it start?

1) Probably from the Vikings' national assembly (remember, vikings conquered England twice - first, Denmark conquered a big part called the Danelaw; then William the Conqueror overran all England in 1066), called the 'Thing.'  Iceland has the oldest national assembly, from 930 ad.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thing_(asse...

2)From then on, in England, the nobility increased in power till they could force the signing of the Magna Charta, around 1200 ad., which entrenched the national assembly into law.

I think the National Assembly didn't emerge in France till 1789 (if you read on French Revolution), because step #2 above never happened - the French king had far greater power than the English one, the nobles were weaker; so he could never be forced to sign the French equivalent of a Magna Charta.

Answer 2

i found a site that help you a lot of information

http://www.socialistaction.org/nationala...