History of Parliament Trust
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New set of History of Parliament resources for schools at KS3: The Reformation
For a number of years now, here at the History of Parliament, we’ve been running competitions for school pupils at…
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In search of an oral history project coordinator…
Last month, we heard the wonderful news that our new oral history project, ‘From the Grassroots: An Oral History of…
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HLF funding for a new History of Parliament oral history project!
The History of Parliament Trust is delighted to announce that we have been awarded Heritage Lottery Funding for a new…
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In honour of Professor John Morrill
Last month, a collection of essays was published in honour of the leading early modern historian, Professor John Morrill: ‘The…
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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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The Treaty of Paris, John Wilkes and North Briton Number 45
On 23 April 1763, John Wilkes published his famous ‘North Briton No.45’, attacking George III and his Prime Minister, the…
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Wm. Roger Louis Prize awarded to Dr. James Owen, 1832-68 Commons section
Dr. James Owen, a Research Fellow on our 1832-1868 House of Commons project, has been jointly awarded the Wm. Roger…
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Parliaments Politics and People seminar: Rhodri Morgan, ‘Wales and the United Kingdom Question’
Reporting back from our last ‘Parliaments, politics and people‘ seminar… A more modern focus at our last seminar of the…
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2013 History of Parliament Schools Competitions
On the anniversary of the death of the Oxford martyrs, a timely note about our schools competition this year and…
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Call for Papers: ‘Protean Patriots? New Research on the Patriot Opposition to Sir Robert Walpole’, Friday 7 June, Hampton Court Palace
A call for papers for a conference on the opposition to Walpole this summer… Building on the History of Parliament’s…
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The History of Parliament wins BSECS Digital Prize
The History of Parliament Online is delighted to be awarded this year’s British Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies Digital Prize. BSECS…