Social history
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Was Wilberforce the only influential parliamentarian abolitionist? Certainly not…
Joining the History of Parliament on work experience during the summer, A level student Georgina Hands came across the Trust…
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Parliaments, Politics and People seminar: Jonathan Moss & Gerry Stoker ‘Popular Understandings of Politics, 1945-1950: Perspectives from Mass Observation’
At the third ‘Parliaments, Politics and People’ seminar of the term Jonathan Moss, from the University of Southampton, spoke on…
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The ‘Story of Parliament’: Parliament and the press
Earlier this year the History published ‘The Story of Parliament: Celebrating 750 years of parliament in Britain’ to mark the…
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The History of Parliament Annual Lecture 2015: Dr John Maddicott, ‘Parliament and the People in Medieval England’
Last week we had a large audience for our annual lecture in Portcullis House, Westminster. Dr John Maddicott FBA gave…
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MPs in World War One: Hon. William Lionel Charles Walrond (1876-1915)
Today marks the anniversary of the eighth MP who died in fighting in the First World War. Continuing our series…
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The murder of Speaker Tresham
A 15th century murder mystery features in this week’s blogpost. Dr Simon Payling, Senior Fellow of the Commons 1422-1504 section,…
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‘In a dirty ditch somewhere in France’: the Hon. Thomas Charles Reginald Agar-Robartes (1880-1915)
Today marks the 100th anniversary of the fifth MP who died fighting in the First World War, and the second…
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MPs in World War I: Harold Thomas Cawley (1878-1915)
Today marks the 100th anniversary of the fourth MP who died fighting in the First World War. Continuing our series…
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Medieval migration
As Europe’s migration crisis continues, Dr Hannes Kleineke, Senior Research Fellow on the Commons 1422-1504 section, explores the medieval House…
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The ‘Poor Palatines’ – political ramifications of eighteenth century migration
Migration has rarely been politically uncontroversial, as Dr Robin Eagles, Senior Research Fellow in the House of Lords 1660-1832 section,…
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New website material on ‘From the Grassroots’
As many of you will know, over the past two years we’ve run a wonderful oral history project in Devon…
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The battle of Northampton and the strange death of Sir William Lucy MP
This week 555 years ago one of the significant Wars of the Roses contests, the battle of Northampton, took place.…