Social history
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Parliaments, politics and people seminar: Paul Seaward, Mr Marvell goes to Westminster: the poet as parliament-man
At our latest ‘Parliaments, Politics and People’ Seminar, our Director, Dr Paul Seaward, spoke on ‘Mr Marvell goes to Westminster:…
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Peers on Parade: A Sartorial History of the State Opening of Parliament
Today’s guestblog is from Dr Charles Farris, University of Westminster, who discusses the history of the ceremonial attire worn at…
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Parliaments, politics & people seminar: Chris Kyle, ‘A Dog, a Butcher and a Puritan’: The Politics of Lent in Early Modern England
At our latest ‘Parliaments, Politics and People’ Seminar, Chris Kyle, of Syracuse University, spoke on ‘‘A Dog, a Butcher and…
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Parliaments, Politics and People Seminar: Peter Catterall, The Free Churches and the Parliamentary Labour Party, c.1918-39
At our first ‘Parliaments, Politics and People’ Seminar of the term, Peter Catterall (University of Westminster) spoke on ‘The Free…
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‘Speaking in Parliament: History, politics, rhetoric’ conference report
Last week, in collaboration with Professor Christopher Reid (Queen Mary, University of London, author of ‘Imprison’d Wranglers: the Rhetorical Culture…
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‘The Story of Parliament’: Parnell and obstruction
Last year the History published ‘The Story of Parliament: Celebrating 750 years of parliament in Britain’ to mark the anniversary…
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Parliament, Politics & People Seminar: James Ford, ‘United under one roof, though separated by different arches and mouldings, Representing the Union in the Central Lobby mosaics’
At our latest ‘Parliaments, Politics and People’ Seminar, James Ford (University of Nottingham) spoke on ‘‘United under one roof, though separated…
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Parliament, Politics & People Seminar: Coleman Dennehy, ‘Dublin, Westminster, and appellate jurisdiction in early modern Ireland’
At our latest ‘Parliaments, Politics and People’ Seminar of 2016, Dr Coleman Dennehy (University College, Dublin) spoke on ‘Dublin, Westminster,…
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‘Very grievous and unconstitutional’? The repeal of the (American) Stamp Act (1766)
250 years ago this month Parliament was debating the fate of the Stamp Act – the law which proved dangerously…
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Parliaments, Politics and People seminar: Sarah Ward, ‘”I am nothing discuraged to present you with the Parliament newse”: parliamentary news, personal interest and political action in north-east Wales, 1640-88’
Our final ‘Parliaments, Politics and People’ seminar of the year took place last week, as Sarah Ward of Oxford University,…
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Parliaments, Politics and People seminar: Robin McCallum, ‘English Towns & Parliamentary Representation, 1295-1350’
At our last ‘Parliaments, Politics and People’ seminar Robin McCullum, of Queen’s University Belfast, gave a paper on ‘English Towns…
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The Eligibility of Constance Markievicz
On 14th December 1918, Countess Constance Markievicz (1868-1927) became the first woman to be elected to the UK Parliament, but…