Articles by History of Parliament
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Parliaments, Politics and People Seminar: The 16th Century ‘Parliamentary Mind’
Dr Kathryn Rix of the Victorian Commons reports back from our first ‘Parliaments, Politics and People’ seminar of 2014… This…
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Recording speech in early modern England: Parliament, preachers and the Putney debates
In his work on the 1624 Parliamentary Diaries, Philip Baker deals with the difficulties in deciphering 17th Century record keeping…
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High Speed 2: The Victorian Perspective
After yesterday’s speech from Ed Balls at the Labour party conference, the High Speed 2 rail link is in the…
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Impeachments and the British Parliament
Every year, the History of Parliament holds two competitions for schools and one for university students, for the best undergraduate dissertation…
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Charting the changing culture of modern elections
A guest post today from Dr David Thackeray (Exeter University) on the changing culture of modern elections. David recently organised…
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Confusion in the commons – voting in 17th Century parliaments
Today, parliamentarians are often accused of shouting and ‘braying’ during debates. In this, little has changed since the 17th century,…
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Writing the History of Parliament in Early Modern England – colloquium report
Dr Paul Cavill, lecturer in early modern history at the University of Leeds, reports back from last weekend’s colloquium ‘Writing…
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Parliamentarians in the courts…
To mark the 10th anniversary of the Old Bailey Online (happy anniversary!) Dr Ruth Paley, editor of the Lords 1660-1832…