Economic history

Hansard at Huddersfield: Making democracy more searchable

History of Parliament

April 1, 2019

Today’s post is a guest blog from Lesley Jeffries of the University of Huddersfield. Lesley explains the Hansard at Huddersfield…
Currant affairs? Taxation without representation in early Stuart England

History of Parliament

June 28, 2018

With tariffs on imported goods currently in the news, Dr. Simon Healy of the Lords 1604-29 Section provides some food…
The election of debtors to the early Stuart House of Commons

Andrew Thrush

January 11, 2017

Facing up to the consequences of Christmas spending is a common problem in January, but for some in serious financial…
“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…
‘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…
‘There has been all along something odd in this affair’: The Malt Tax and the 1713 attempt to repeal the Union

Robin Eagles

May 31, 2013

300 years ago this month, arguments over the Malt Tax nearly brought the fledgling Union between England and Scotland to…