Social history
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Rage of Party: election day in the 1690-1715 period
Today we go to the polls to vote in European and local elections. Voting was a very different experience at…
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Nancy Astor: the first female MP in the House of Commons
Dr Kathryn Rix, Assistant Editor of the Victorian Commons, discusses the political career of the first female MP to sit…
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Struggling to get to work in the 15th century
We hope that our fellow Londoners’ journeys tonight are not too difficult during this week’s tube strikes. Dr Hannes Kleineke,…
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Parliaments, politics and people seminar: Tom Crewe, ‘The politics of image and the image of politics’
Our final ‘Parliaments, Politics and People’ seminar of term took place last week. Tom Crewe, of Pembroke College, Cambridge, spoke…
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The Miners’ Strike: 30 years on
Thirty years ago this month the miners’ strike began. One of the defining moments of modern British history and Margaret…
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Parliaments, Politics and People Seminar: Philip Baker, ‘But private notes for my owne memory’? Parliamentary diaries in seventeenth-century England
Philip Baker writes about his ‘Parliaments, politics and people’ seminar paper last week, ‘‘But private notes for my owne memory’?…
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Parliaments, Politics and People Seminar: The struggle for political representation: Labour candidates and the Liberal Party, 1868-1888
The latest paper in our ‘Parliaments, Politics and People’ seminar series was given by Dr James Owen, of the Victorian…
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An Early Welsh Manifesto
To celebrate St David’s Day tomorrow, Dr Stephen Roberts, the editor of our Commons 1640-1660 section, discusses a text used in…
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Launching the new website London Electoral History, 1700-1850
Today we have a guest blog to introduce a fantastic new resource for those of you interested in politics and…
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It helps to have friends in high places: the acquittal of Lord Mohun
Today in 1693, Charles, 4th Lord Mohun, was acquitted of murder by his fellow peers. Dr Robin Eagles, Senior Research…
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From the Grassroots: The official launch
Last week we made the trip down to the wonderful Devon Heritage Centre for the official launch of our new…
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The trial of Charles I: an early modern show trial?
To begin our day-by-day retelling of the trial of Charles I over on twitter, Philip Baker, Research Fellow on the…