Social history
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Unlikely Parliamentarians 3: Catholics in Parliament, 1604-1629
This week is Parliament Week, a programme of events and activities that connects people across the UK with Parliament and…
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Unlikely Parliamentarians 2: William Veysy, medieval brickmaker
This week is Parliament Week, a programme of events and activities that connects people across the UK with Parliament and…
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Unlikely Parliamentarians 1: Modern MPs
This week is Parliament Week, a programme of events and activities that connects people across the UK with Parliament and…
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Sir Edward Coke and the Bill of Rights: the royal prerogative and parliament in the seventeenth century
Last week the high court ruled on the process the government needs to follow in order to trigger article 50…
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Parliaments, Politics & People seminar: Miles Taylor, ‘Ritualism from below: St Stephen’s crypt, Westminster and its uses, c.1865-1955’
Our ‘Parliaments, politics and people’ seminar returned last week for a new academic year! Here’s our first report of the…
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The Duke of Albemarle’s will
Today, another post inspired by our recently-published volumes on the House of Lords. In this blog the editor, Dr Ruth…
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Parliamentary timetabling
Back to Westminster for MPs this week! Our Director, Dr Paul Seaward, discusses the history of the parliamentary timetable… It…
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Jane Campbell: Parliamentary divorce pioneer
On 23 June 1801, a woman called Jane Campbell divorced her husband Edward Addison by Act of Parliament, and became…
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Parliament, patriotism and the Last Night of the Proms
As the Proms come to an end this Saturday with the traditional ‘Last Night’, Dr Robin Eagles, Senior Research Fellow…
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Props in Parliament
In today’s blogpost, Martin Spychal of the Victorian Commons discusses his recent work on BBC Radio 4’s ‘Prime Ministers’ Props’…
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House of Lords 1660-1715… and divorce
The History of Parliament publishes our first set of volumes focusing on the House of Lords TODAY. Covering the period…
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House of Lords 1660-1715… and bowls
In today’s blog we’re continuing our exploration of the House of Lords 1660-1715 volumes. The History of Parliament’s first set…