Edward I intention of creating the Model Parliament was to use it in order to impose taxes upon citizens to fund the military for future wars. This parliament is highlighted in chapter four of The Rise Western Power, in section “War and the Origins of Representative Government”, which describes in why Edward I created the Model Parliament. Primary source 4.5- Model Parliament , explains when there was limited in power in the parliament, the infantry revolution increased which created more need for commoners in battle. The primary document is from the Summon to a bishop, where the king writes to the venerable father in Christ, Robert, and to the primate of all England. Letting them know that there is a war, where France is attempting to grasp