Parliamentary power in France was suppressed more so than in England as a result of absolutism .
Parliaments were eventually overshadowed by the larger Estates General , up until the French Revolution , when the National Assembly became the lower house of France 's bicameral legislature .
Parliamentary power in France was suppressed more so than in England as a result of absolutism , and parliaments were eventually overshadowed by the larger Estates General , up until the French Revolution , when the National Assembly became the lower house of France 's bicameral legislature .