Parliamentary Life
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The youngest MP since…?
Following the election of Mhairi Black last week, many of you have asked us about young MPs! Over to our…
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Proceedings in Parliament 1624: the road to publication
In the third in our series of blogs marking the release of the Commons’ proceedings of the 1624 Parliament – with…
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1624: The Last Parliament of James I
In the second in our series of blogs marking the release of the Commons’ proceedings of the 1624 Parliament –…
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Publication of Proceedings in Parliament 1624: The House of Commons
Today, on the anniversary of its opening 391 years ago, the History of Parliament is proud to announce the initial…
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A perpetual disturbance? The history of the previous question
After ‘chaos’ in the House of Commons on Monday night, our Director, Dr Paul Seaward, discusses the ‘previous question’ motion……
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Time and the Commons
Our Director, Dr Paul Seaward, explores the development of the late night culture at the House of Commons… The above…
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Struggling to get to work in the 15th century
We hope that our fellow Londoners’ journeys tonight are not too difficult during this week’s tube strikes. Dr Hannes Kleineke,…
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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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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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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…
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Recording speech in early modern England: Parliament, preachers and the Putney debates
In his work on the 1624 Parliamentary Diaries, Philip Baker deals with the difficulties in deciphering 17th Century record keeping…
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The legend of Agincourt in Parliament
On the anniversary of the Battle of Agincourt in 1415, Dr Hannes Kleineke discusses how the memories and growing legends…