One thing that perplexes me in British history is how did the modern UK House of Commons came to be. I am no history major so most of my "research" on British parliaments tells me the story of the balance of power between the Lords and the King from Magna Carta to the Glorious Revolution. I really like to know how and why the House of Commons was formed and what brought about the transition of the UK from a country governed by the nobility to one where the country can virtually run without a King/Queen.
Ok in an attempt in trying to answer my own question. It seemed to me that the singular moment that made the House of Commons(HoC) as it is today is when they were able to pass a bill that takes away the veto power of the House of Lords(HoL) on laws made by the HoC. This bill effectively shifted the balance of power from the lords to the commons.*
Furthermore the HoC got the HoL to pass this bill because "[they] threatened a mass creation of Liberal peers, if the Lords failed to pass [the Parliament Bill of 1911]."*
With this I know what made the modern HoC as powerful as today. But the whole "threaten to flood to mass create liberal peers" still confuses me. It's no wonder the bill passed in the first place the HoC when they had this ability in the first place. To Historians, is this a correct answer to my own question? Because I feel like there is more to the HoC than just a single Bill. Why didn't it happen sooner especially during the Enlightenment Era. France had their revolutions since the late 18th Century and the concept of a representative government was nothing new at that time (I think).