Articles by History of Parliament
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Jonathan Swift and the Union with Scotland
In the latest in our series on Anglo-Scottish relations throughout the centuries, Dr Ruth Paley, editor of the House of…
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How Closely Related Were George I and Queen Anne?
Over on twitter this week we are marking the 300th anniversary of the death of Queen Anne and the Hanoverian…
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Scotland and the Jacobean Union of 1604-7
In the latest of our series on English-Scottish parliamentary relations throughout the centuries, guest blogger Dr Alan MacDonald (University of…
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Nolo episcopari
On Monday, the Church of England voted to allow women bishops for the first time. This prompted Matthew Kilburn, research…
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Finding latitude in longitude: Parliamentary funding of early modern science and technology
Three hundred years ago this month, Parliament passed the ‘Longitude Act’. In this guest blog post, Dr Alexi Baker, Cambridge…
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Parliament and Bannockburn
In the run up to September’s Scottish independence referendum, we’re publishing a series of blogposts on the relationship between England…
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Dangerous Liaisons in 15th Century England: Sir John Butler
In June 1477 one parliamentarian who had successfully avoided the dangers of the Wars of the Roses met a violent…
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Parliaments, Politics and People seminar: Harshan Kumarasingham on ‘The quest for “Eastminster”: the British parliamentary system and the foundation of independent south Asia’
Dr Kathryn Rix of the Victorian Commons reports back from our latest ‘Parliaments, Politics and People’ seminar… The ‘Parliaments, Politics…
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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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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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Parliaments, Politics and People Seminar: The 16th Century ‘Parliamentary Mind’
Dr Kathryn Rix of the Victorian Commons reports back from our first ‘Parliaments, Politics and People’ seminar of 2014… This…
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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…
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‘Parliaments, politics and people’ seminar – ‘Cobbett at 250: a failed MP?’
The Victorian Commons’ Dr Kathryn Rix reports back from our last ‘Parliaments, politics and people’ seminar of the term… This…
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MPs pay: the never ending controversy
Today’s blogpost is from a guest blogger, Edward Hicks, PhD candidate at St Anne’s College, Oxford who joined us over…