Tag: Recording parliament

Victorian, Parliamentary Life, Resources and Publications, Victorian Commons

Accessing Hansard online: a research guide

Hansard – the official record of what is said in Parliament – originated in the early 19th century. Our Commons 1832-68 project team have previously written about how the reporting of parliamentary debates evolved in the 19th century and what conditions were like in the reporters’ gallery. In this post, Dr Kathryn Rix has put together a research guide for other researchers or interested readers … Continue reading Accessing Hansard online: a research guide

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Victorian Commons, 19th Century history, Parliamentary Life, Victorian

Reporting debates in the Victorian Commons

Today we take it for granted that parliamentary debates are recorded in Hansard. During the Victorian era, however, there was no ‘official’ record. Dr Philip Salmon shows how, before the advent of modern democracy, public interest in Parliament was sufficient for reports of debates to be produced and sold commercially. As democracy advanced, however, the public’s appetite began to change … During the early 19th … Continue reading Reporting debates in the Victorian Commons

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Revolutionary Stuart Parliaments, 17th Century history, Interregnum, Stuart

New Evidence for Old Stories: The Scribbled Books of the House of Lords

In this blog, Dr Alex Beeton from our House of Lords 1640-1660 project explores a little-used parliamentary source – the ‘Scribbled Books’ – and reveals some of the important information that can be found within them… John Browne, the Clerk of the Parliaments (i.e. the House of Lords) in the Long Parliament, did not have an easy job. His primary purpose was, with the help … Continue reading New Evidence for Old Stories: The Scribbled Books of the House of Lords

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