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Conferences, Seminars and Events

Parliaments, Politics & People Seminar: Charlotte Young, ‘John Bradshaw’s forgotten role: the Committee for Sequestration’s legal advisers in the 1640s’

At our last ‘Parliaments, Politics & People’ seminar, Charlotte Young (Royal Holloway University of London) spoke on ‘John Bradshaw’s forgotten role: the Committee for Sequestration’s legal advisers in the 1640s’. Here she gives an overview of her paper… John Bradshaw’s name is unfortunately and irrevocably associated with the words traitor, murderer, and rogue. His reputation was destroyed by the Royalist press due to his role … Continue reading Parliaments, Politics & People Seminar: Charlotte Young, ‘John Bradshaw’s forgotten role: the Committee for Sequestration’s legal advisers in the 1640s’

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Conferences, Seminars and Events, 20th century history, Modern, Parliamentary Life

Parliaments, Politics & People Seminar: Priscilla Baines, ‘House of Commons governance: a suitable case for treatment?’

In today’s blog Dr Paul Hunneyball reports back from our recent Parliament, Politics & People seminar – where former House of Commons Librarian (2000-2004) and our Honorary Research Fellow Priscilla Baines spoke about her work on the House of Commons commission… For the first seminar of the summer term, we welcomed Priscilla Baines, a former House of Commons Librarian, and now an honorary research fellow … Continue reading Parliaments, Politics & People Seminar: Priscilla Baines, ‘House of Commons governance: a suitable case for treatment?’

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Conferences, Seminars and Events, 19th Century history, Georgian, Social history, Spencer Perceval

Parliaments, Politics & People Seminar: Edward Hicks, ‘The importance of character: Spencer Perceval and the early nineteenth century House of Commons’

At our last ‘Parliaments, Politics & People‘ seminar of lent term, Edward Hicks (University of Oxford) spoke on: ‘“The best regulated ambition I ever witnessed”: Spencer Perceval and the Importance of Character in the Parliaments of the Napoleonic Wars’. Here he reports back on his paper… The death of Pitt the Younger in 1806 left a void in the political world of late Hanoverian Britain, … Continue reading Parliaments, Politics & People Seminar: Edward Hicks, ‘The importance of character: Spencer Perceval and the early nineteenth century House of Commons’

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Conferences, Seminars and Events, 19th Century history, Elections, Parties, Scottish History

Parliaments, Politics & People Seminar: ‘A distant and Whiggish country’: The Conservative Party and Scottish elections, 1832–1847

At our last ‘Parliaments, politics and people’ seminar, Gary Hutchison (University of Edinburgh – and former winner of the HPT’s undergraduate dissertation prize) spoke on his research into the Conservative Party and Scottish elections after 1832. Here he gives an overview of his paper… The Reform Act(s) of 1832 had far-reaching effects on the practical politics of elections, as well as the wider political culture … Continue reading Parliaments, Politics & People Seminar: ‘A distant and Whiggish country’: The Conservative Party and Scottish elections, 1832–1847

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Conferences, Seminars and Events, 17th Century history, Interregnum, Military history

Parliaments, Politics & People Seminar: The political ideas and parliamentary career of Thomas Scot, regicide, 1645-1660

Today Dr Alan Marshall (Bath Spa University) reports back from his last ‘Parliaments, Politics and People’ seminar paper: The political ideas and parliamentary career of Thomas Scot, regicide, 1645-1660… This paper’s general aim was to briefly survey some of the ideas of Thomas Scot, the regicide, to delineate the hostility towards him, and, hopefully, open out explanations of his career. The view of Scot is … Continue reading Parliaments, Politics & People Seminar: The political ideas and parliamentary career of Thomas Scot, regicide, 1645-1660

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Conferences, Seminars and Events, 17th Century history, Military history, Religious history, Scottish History, Stuart

Parliaments, Politics and People Seminar: The Rhetoric of Representation: Scottish Parliamentary Commissions 1638-41

Our ‘Parliaments, Politics and People’ seminar returns tonight with a new term’s programme – so to bring you up to date, Dr Alan MacDonald (University of Dundee) reports back from his paper last year: ‘The Rhetoric of Representation: Scottish Parliamentary Commissions 1638-41’… When the burgesses and lairds of Scotland gathered for parliamentary elections in 1639, they were participating in one of the most important elections … Continue reading Parliaments, Politics and People Seminar: The Rhetoric of Representation: Scottish Parliamentary Commissions 1638-41

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Conferences, Seminars and Events, 20th century history, Modern, Parliamentary Life

Parliaments, Politics & People seminar: The political origins and impact of Commons select committees: some 20th century case studies

Dr Philip Aylett (House of Commons/Queen Mary, University of London) reports back from his ‘Parliaments, Politics and People’ seminar paper last year: ‘The political origins and impact of Commons select committees: some 20th century case studies’… In a paper delivered to the seminar on 29 November I talked about the role of committees in Parliament, and especially in the House of Commons. I said that, … Continue reading Parliaments, Politics & People seminar: The political origins and impact of Commons select committees: some 20th century case studies

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Elections, 18th Century history, Conferences, Seminars and Events, Georgian, Local History, Religious history

Parliaments, Politics & People seminar: Alex Lock, ‘Sir Thomas Gascoigne (1745-1810), national politics and the York county election of 1784’

Thanks to Parliament Week, we’re a little behind in our ‘Parliaments, politics and people’ seminar reports. Before tonight’s seminar, here’s our latest report… A month ago Dr Alexander Lock, Curator of Modern Archives and Manuscripts at the British Library, spoke on ‘Sir Thomas Gascoigne (1745-1810), national politics and the York county election of 1784’. The paper was based on Dr Lock’s recently-published biography of Gascoigne, … Continue reading Parliaments, Politics & People seminar: Alex Lock, ‘Sir Thomas Gascoigne (1745-1810), national politics and the York county election of 1784’

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Conferences, Seminars and Events, 19th Century history, 20th century history, Modern, Religious history, Social history, Victorian

Parliaments, Politics & People seminar: Miles Taylor, ‘Ritualism from below: St Stephen’s crypt, Westminster and its uses, c.1865-1955’

Our ‘Parliaments, politics and people’ seminar returned last week for a new academic year! Here’s our first report of the term… Professor Miles Taylor spoke about his work with the ‘Virtual St Stephens’ project, which explores the history of St Stephens Hall, Westminster. The subject of Professor Taylor’s paper was the crypt, now known as St Mary Undercroft, and its transformation after the fire of … Continue reading Parliaments, Politics & People seminar: Miles Taylor, ‘Ritualism from below: St Stephen’s crypt, Westminster and its uses, c.1865-1955’

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Interregnum, 17th Century history, Conferences, Seminars and Events

Parliaments, politics and people seminar: Gary Rivett, Information regimes and governance in the English Revolution: Parliament and the case of the Committee for Plundered Ministers

At the last ‘Parliaments, Politics and People’ Seminar of the academic year, Dr Gary Rivett (York St John University) spoke on ‘Information regimes and governance in the English Revolution: Parliament and the case of the Committee for Plundered Ministers.’ Here he gives us an overview of his paper… Established towards the end of 1642 and increasingly formalised as a parliamentary body in early 1643, the … Continue reading Parliaments, politics and people seminar: Gary Rivett, Information regimes and governance in the English Revolution: Parliament and the case of the Committee for Plundered Ministers

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