Articles by History of Parliament
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The State Opening of Parliament: When dissident acts become established acts
Today, the new Parliament will be officially opened. In his guest blog Steven Franklin (Royal Holloway, University of London) discusses…
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Parliaments, Politics & People Seminar: Charlotte Young, ‘John Bradshaw’s forgotten role: the Committee for Sequestration’s legal advisers in the 1640s’
At our last ‘Parliaments, Politics & People’ seminar, Charlotte Young (Royal Holloway University of London) spoke on ‘John Bradshaw’s forgotten…
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Parliaments, Politics & People Seminar: ‘A distant and Whiggish country’: The Conservative Party and Scottish elections, 1832–1847
At our last ‘Parliaments, politics and people’ seminar, Gary Hutchison (University of Edinburgh – and former winner of the HPT’s…
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Parliaments, Politics & People Seminar: The political ideas and parliamentary career of Thomas Scot, regicide, 1645-1660
Today Dr Alan Marshall (Bath Spa University) reports back from his last ‘Parliaments, Politics and People’ seminar paper: The political…
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Parliaments, Politics and People Seminar: The Rhetoric of Representation: Scottish Parliamentary Commissions 1638-41
Our ‘Parliaments, Politics and People’ seminar returns tonight with a new term’s programme – so to bring you up to…
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Parliaments, Politics & People seminar: The political origins and impact of Commons select committees: some 20th century case studies
Dr Philip Aylett (House of Commons/Queen Mary, University of London) reports back from his ‘Parliaments, Politics and People’ seminar paper…