Which ancient institution has at various times in its existence been called the Addled, Drunken, Mad, Mongrel, Good, The Merciless and the Wonderful?
Addled Parliament and when he needed it. The failure of the 'Great Contract' (1610) with which James hoped to secure an annual grant of £200,000 meant that he still relied heavily on parliamentary grants of supply. Moreover, there remained the continuing hostility as a result of the king's move of setting impositions without consulting Parliament, and nebulous rumours of a Roman Catholic "conspiracy". Addled Parliament The Addled Parliament was the second Parliament of England of the reign of James I of England (following his 1604-11 Parliament), which sat between 5 April and 7 June 1614. Its name alludes to its ineffectiveness: it
Ming the Merciless Darth Vader from the "Star Wars" series. Gene Wolfe's 1976 short story about the aftermath of a psychological experiment is called "When I Was Ming the Merciless". In 2007, Ming the Merciless was ranked number 2 on the "Forbes" Fictional 15. The "Chicago Sun-Times" called him "the ultimate sci-fi tyrant", and "The Irish Times" wrote that he is "simply the best – the tyrant's tyrant". Ming the Merciless Ming the Merciless is a character who first appeared in the "Flash Gordon" comic strip in 1934. He has since been the main villain of the strip and its related movie serials,