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John Wilkes: A friend to liberty?
Last week Dr Robin Eagles, Senior Research Fellow on the Lords 1660-1832 project gave a lecture in Parliament on ‘John…
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MPs in the Crimean War, 1853-56
With the help of research undertaken by the Victorian Commons, today’s blog takes a look at MPs who fought during…
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History of Parliament schools competitions 2014: your turn this year?
Recently we held the prize day for our 2013 schools competition. Our three winners, Ami Ganatra, Jessica Welchman (Key Stage…
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Parliaments, Politics and People Seminar: Dr Hannes Kleineke and the Yorkist Parliaments
Dr Paul Hunneyball reports back from our last ‘Parliaments, Politics and People’ seminar… On 11 February the Parliaments, Politics and…
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Who should sit on the throne?: the Commons, Lords and William & Mary, 1689
325 years ago today Parliament offered the crown to William and Mary, along with the Declaration of Rights (later to…
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History of Parliament’s Schools competition winners, 2013
The History of Parliament has been running schools competitions for several years, and 2013 was an excellent year for both…
