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How long is a Parliament?
In this blog for the ‘Named Parliaments’ series, Dr Paul Hunneyball, Associate Editor of the House of Lords 1604-29 project,…
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Medieval MP of the Month: ‘Please Sir, can I have one more?’ The marriages and murders of the Harcourt brothers of Oxfordshire ?
Further tales of murder and scandal from Dr Hannes Kleineke for April’s medieval MP, or rather MPs of the Month.…
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‘“The Parliament driver”: Walter Long, party politics and the whip
The recent stream of votes in the Commons surrounding Brexit has thrown into relief the practice of ‘whipping’ MPs into…
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The will of the people? The Middlesex elections of 1769
250 years ago, in April 1769, the electors of Middlesex went to the polls: the third by-election they had experienced…
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Hansard at Huddersfield: Making democracy more searchable
Today’s post is a guest blog from Lesley Jeffries of the University of Huddersfield. Lesley explains the Hansard at Huddersfield…
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Ellen Wilkinson’s search for social justice in 1936
As #WomensHistoryMonth draws to a close we hear from guest blogger Laura Beers, Associate Professor of History at American University,…
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Fasting and political crises in the 1640s: no beer ‘till the publike exercises and religious duties … be past and over’
As Parliament engages in momentous decision-making about the future of the country, Dr Vivienne Larminie of the House of Commons…
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The Speaker and the same question: a view from the Victorian Commons
In today’s blog Dr Philip Salmon, editor of the 1832-1945 House of Commons project, explores some of the historical background…
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Henry Bennet, earl of Arlington: a Restoration Politician
Our last Parliaments, Politics and People seminar at the IHR was given by Alan Marshall from Bath Spa University, and…
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When is a Parliament not a Parliament?
Dr Robin Eagles, Editor of the House of Lords 1660-1832 project kicks off our new series, ‘Named Parliaments’. Here, whilst…
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Bolingbroke’s Reflections upon Exile
For our latest blog @GeorgianLords welcomes Dr Max Skjönsberg (St Andrews) offering some insights into the early philosophical writings of…
