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“Contrary to the fundamental laws of nature”? The passage of the Declaratory Act, March 1766

Robin Eagles

March 17, 2016

250 years ago this week Parliament passed the ‘Declaratory Act’, aimed at limiting the damage of the earlier repeal of…
Parliament, Politics & People Seminar: Coleman Dennehy, ‘Dublin, Westminster, and appellate jurisdiction in early modern Ireland’

History of Parliament

February 16, 2016

At our latest ‘Parliaments, Politics and People’ Seminar of 2016, Dr Coleman Dennehy (University College, Dublin) spoke on ‘Dublin, Westminster,…
‘The Story of Parliament’: Pitt and Fox

Paul Seaward

February 9, 2016

Last year the History published ‘The Story of Parliament: Celebrating 750 years of parliament in Britain’ to mark the anniversary…
‘Very grievous and unconstitutional’? The repeal of the (American) Stamp Act (1766)

Robin Eagles

January 28, 2016

250 years ago this month Parliament was debating the fate of the Stamp Act – the law which proved dangerously…
‘The Story of Parliament’: The office of Prime Minister in the 18th Century

Robin Eagles

January 6, 2016

Earlier this year the History published ‘The Story of Parliament: Celebrating 750 years of parliament in Britain’ to mark the…
Was Wilberforce the only influential parliamentarian abolitionist? Certainly not…

History of Parliament

December 9, 2015

Joining the History of Parliament on work experience during the summer, A level student Georgina Hands came across the Trust…
The ‘Story of Parliament’: Parliament and the press

Emma Peplow

December 1, 2015

Earlier this year the History published ‘The Story of Parliament: Celebrating 750 years of parliament in Britain’ to mark the…
Two battles and a siege: Sheriffmuir and Preston, 12-14 November 1715

Robin Eagles

November 12, 2015

300 years ago the battles of Sheriffmuir and Preston signalled the effective end of the 1715 Jacobite rebellion. Dr Robin…
The ‘Poor Palatines’ – political ramifications of eighteenth century migration

Robin Eagles

September 3, 2015

Migration has rarely been politically uncontroversial, as Dr Robin Eagles, Senior Research Fellow in the House of Lords 1660-1832 section,…
The long-lived charter: Magna Carta’s 800 year legacy

History of Parliament

June 15, 2015

800 years ago today, Magna Carta was sealed at Runnymede. In the last of our series celebrating the anniversaries of…
The youngest MP since…?

Paul Seaward

May 12, 2015

Following the election of Mhairi Black last week, many of you have asked us about young MPs! Over to our…
‘Horsham is Lady Irwin’s Borough’: the power of the 18th Century political widow

History of Parliament

April 29, 2015

We continue our series on election campaigning through the centuries today, with an example of the power aristocratic women could…

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“Contrary to the fundamental laws of nature”? The passage of the Declaratory Act, March 1766

‘The Story of Parliament’: Pitt and Fox

‘The Story of Parliament’: The office of Prime Minister in the 18th Century

Two battles and a siege: Sheriffmuir and Preston, 12-14 November 1715

The long-lived charter: Magna Carta’s 800 year legacy

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