Complex sentence: The'Wonderful' parliament has been described as setting "the political stage for the rest of Richard's reign" and the first outright conflict between the King and his magnates, and the King's first political defeat; it was not to be the last.
Split into simpler sentences: The'Wonderful Parliament' has been described as setting "the political stage for the rest of Richard's reign" and the first outright conflict between the King and his magnates. Also the King's first political defeat; it was not to be the last.