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Parliaments, politics and people seminar: Tom Crewe, ‘The politics of image and the image of politics’
Our final ‘Parliaments, Politics and People’ seminar of term took place last week. Tom Crewe, of Pembroke College, Cambridge, spoke…
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MPs in the Crimean War, 1853-56
With the help of research undertaken by the Victorian Commons, today’s blog takes a look at MPs who fought during…
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The Miners’ Strike: 30 years on
Thirty years ago this month the miners’ strike began. One of the defining moments of modern British history and Margaret…
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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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History of Parliament schools competitions 2014: your turn this year?
Recently we held the prize day for our 2013 schools competition. Our three winners, Ami Ganatra, Jessica Welchman (Key Stage…
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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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An Early Welsh Manifesto
To celebrate St David’s Day tomorrow, Dr Stephen Roberts, the editor of our Commons 1640-1660 section, discusses a text used in…
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Parliaments, Politics and People Seminar: Dr Hannes Kleineke and the Yorkist Parliaments
Dr Paul Hunneyball reports back from our last ‘Parliaments, Politics and People’ seminar… On 11 February the Parliaments, Politics and…
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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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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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History of Parliament’s Schools competition winners, 2013
The History of Parliament has been running schools competitions for several years, and 2013 was an excellent year for both…
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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…
