The Baronial Context of the 1641 Triennial Act
Dr David Scott, Editor of the 1640-60 House of Lords section, explores …
Putting ‘spirit in the conduct of the war’: the November 1775 government reshuffle
In his last post for the Georgian Lords, From bills to bullets: …
Black and Political: Reconstructing Black Participation in British Politics, 1750-1850
At a special joint session of the IHR’s Parliaments, Politics and People …
The passing of the bill of attainder against the Jacobite Sir John Fenwick
On 25 November 1696 the House of Commons, after a bitter series …
Cricket in the Commons: a Victorian First Eleven
With the 2025 Ashes between England and Australia getting underway this week, …
‘The Tartan Rage’: Fashion, High Society, and Scottish Identity in Eighteenth-Century London
At the IHR Parliaments, Politics and People seminar on Tuesday 25 November, …
A Lancastrian City? Coventry and the Wars of the Roses, 1451-1471
This piece is in memory of Professor Peter W. Fleming, who died …
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MPs and the Second World War
Ahead of Remembrance Day, and with 2025 marking 80 years since the …
‘Confirmation of the People’s Rights’: commemorating the ‘Glorious Revolution’ of 1688
For many, the beginning of November means the advent of longer nights …
‘Abominable, unutterable, and worse than fables’: the campaign to pass the Criminal Law Amendment Bill
At the IHR Parliaments, Politics and People seminar on Tuesday 11 November, …
The ladies’ gallery in the temporary House of Commons
This article from Dr Kathryn Rix, Assistant Editor of our House of Commons, …
John Robartes, 2nd Baron Robartes of Truro (later earl of Radnor): reading in the revolution
In this guest article, Dr Sophie Aldred, lecturer in Early Modern History …
The Speakers and the Suffragettes
At the IHR Parliaments, Politics and People seminar on Tuesday 28 October, …
The Westminster Fire of 1834
In this guest article, Dr Caroline Shenton, author of 'The Day Parliament …
Michael Rush and the Database
We were sad to hear recently of the death of Professor Michael …
The 1832 Reform Act
'Was the 1832 Reform Act "Great"?' may not be the standard exam …
‘The sect of Alarmists’: The Third Party and the reluctant leadership of William Windham, 1793-4
In this latest post, the Georgian Lords welcomes a guest article by …
‘A place of business’: the temporary chamber of the House of Commons, 1835-1851
As part of our series on parliamentary buildings, Dr Kathryn Rix of …
Parliament and Politics in the Later Middle Ages
Dr Simon Payling, of our 1461-1504 section, tracks the development of Parliament …