19th Century history
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‘The Story of Parliament’: Pitt and Fox
Last year the History published ‘The Story of Parliament: Celebrating 750 years of parliament in Britain’ to mark the anniversary…
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Parliaments, Politics & People seminar: Luke Blaxill, ‘”Big data” and the analysis of parliamentary and platform speeches, 1880-present’
In the first ‘Parliaments, Politics and People’ Seminar of 2016, Dr Luke Blaxill (Hertford College, Oxford) spoke on ‘‘Big data’…
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Restored, Renewed, Relocated: Parliament and its buildings
Before Christmas Rebekah Moore, holder of an AHRC collaborative doctoral award with the History of Parliament and Institute of Historical…
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‘The Story of Parliament’: The office of Prime Minister in the 18th Century
Earlier this year the History published ‘The Story of Parliament: Celebrating 750 years of parliament in Britain’ to mark the…
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Parliaments, Politics and People seminar: Alex Middleton, ‘The idea of Whiggism in mid-Victorian politics’
In an excellent conclusion to this term’s seminar programme, Dr. Alex Middleton of Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, discussed Whiggism in…
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MPs and Waterloo
To mark today’s anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo, Dr Philip Salmon, Editor of the Victorian Commons, explores the impact…
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The long-lived charter: Magna Carta’s 800 year legacy
800 years ago today, Magna Carta was sealed at Runnymede. In the last of our series celebrating the anniversaries of…
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Seats in the Commons
After today’s State Opening of Parliament, many MPs will also have to battle to find a seat to debate the…