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Parliament and religion: the defeat of the first Occasional Conformity Bill, January 1703
After last week’s rulings from the European Court of Human Rights on religious discrimination in the workplace, Dr Charles Littleton…
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British MPs at work: Dr Emma Crewe’s parliamentary workshop
Last month, the History of Parliament played host to a workshop organised by Dr Emma Crewe of SOAS, University of…
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Upcoming colloquium, 20 April 2013: Writing the History of Parliament in Early Modern England
The History of Parliament is supporting a one-day colloquium, organised by Paul Cvill and Alexandra Gajda through the Centre for…
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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…
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The death of Prince Henry and the Succession Crisis of 1612-1614
Four hundred years ago last November a succession crisis hit England and Scotland, when the heir to the throne, Prince…
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The History of Parliament in 2012
As the New Year approaches, Emma Peplow reviews 2012 at the History of Parliament. 2012 has been an exciting year…
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Winners of the History’s annual dissertation and essay prizes
The History of Parliament are delighted to announce the winners of our undergraduate and sixth form essay competitions for 2012.…
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The Agreements of the People, 1647-1649
The History’s Philip Baker tells us about his new book, out this week, on the Levellers’ Agreements of the People..…
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Parliaments Politics and People seminar: Richard Toye, ‘The rhetorical culture of the House of Commons in the interwar years’
Dr Kathryn Rix of The Victorian Commons reports back on the latest ‘parliaments, politics and people’ seminar The final paper…
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The first meeting of the ‘Provisional Government’ and the signing of the Guildhall Declaration
Dr Charles Littleton discusses the ‘Provisional Government’ that formed on this day – 11 December – in 1688 to take…
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6 December, 1648: Pride’s Purge
Dr Stephen Roberts, editor of the HOP’s House of Commons 1640-60 project, explains the importance of “Pride’s Purge” which took…
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Researching the House of Commons: Parliamentary Diaries
In our first blog on the methods our academics use for their research, Dr Vivienne Larminie discusses that great resource…
