Search Results - "Parliamentary history"

Acoustics, Audibility and Political Culture in the House of Commons, 1800–34 by Foteinou, Aglaia, Cooper, J.P.D., Murphy, Damian

“…How easy was it to hear, and be heard, in the historic house of commons? Located in the former St Stephen's Chapel in the Palace of Westminster, the pre‐1834…”
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Norman Gash: Political Historian by Gaunt, Richard A.

“…This article commemorates the 40th anniversary of the publication of Lord Liverpool by Norman Gash (1912–2009). It considers Gash as a historian who both wrote…”
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Letters of Mungo Graham, 23 Nov. 1710–22 Feb. 1711

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NOTE AND DOCUMENT by Mcgovern, Jonathan

“…This article revisits the year book report of Pilkington's Case (1455), a much‐used source of information about Lancastrian parliamentary procedure. It shows…”
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The Letters of Thomas Smith, 27 Jan. 1711–[?19 May 1714]

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The Commons diary of Oley Douglas, 10 Mar.–29 June 1714

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CLYVE JONES (1944–2024)

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Wentworth's ‘eye of the Court’: Sir George Radcliffe's management of the Irish parliaments of Charles I's reign. by Brownhill, Charlotte

“…Sir Thomas Wentworth (later earl of Strafford) has often been portrayed as an isolated figure working in Ireland, as lord deputy and then lord lieutenant, for…”
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The House of Commons notebook of Pryse Campbell MP, March–April 1756 by Davies, John E.

“…This article reproduces the contents of a small notebook detailing, in a highly abbreviated form, the house of commons debate of 29 March 1756 regarding the…”
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NOTE AND DOCUMENT: Parliamentary Procedure in the Reign of Henry VI: New Light on Pilkington's Case (1455) by Mcgovern, Jonathan

“…Abstract This article revisits the year book report of Pilkington's Case (1455), a much‐used source of information about Lancastrian parliamentary procedure…”
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Letters of Sir James Dunbar, 5 Dec. 1710–17 Mar. 1711

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The Sporting Paper and the Culture of Popular Conservatism in Edwardian Britain by Cocks, H.G.

“…Late‐Victorian and Edwardian Popular Conservatism is now mainly seen as a cultural‐ideological form, and this article aims to reconstruct one aspect of this…”
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‘Shut Up! Sit Down!’: The Politics of Disruption and the 1886 Home Rule Crisis in England by Lloyd‐Jones, Naomi

“…This article examines the oral and physical disruption of ‘public’ meetings in England in the spring of 1886, when such activity formed part of broader…”
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Death in Fleet Street: the demise of John Lowther, knight of the shire for Westmorland, in the parliament of January 1380 by Kleineke, Hannes

“…On the second day of the Westminster Parliament of January 1380 John Lowther, one of the MPs for Westmorland, was stabbed to death by a fellow Member, Sir…”
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The Discovery of D'Ewes's Long Parliament Diary by Mendle, Michael

“…2023 marked the centenary of Wallace Notestein's edition of part of Sir Simonds D'Ewes's journal of the Long Parliament. This essay treats the diary's…”
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Witness Seminar: Writing to Politicians by Kowol, Kit, Toye, Richard

“…This article represents the transcript of a 2022 witness seminar on the theme of members of the British public writing to politicians. Collectively, the…”
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Elections in 18th‐Century England: Polling, Politics and Participation by Grenby, M.O., Chalus, Elaine

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‘No distinction exists as to religion, profession, or sex’: Imperial Reform and the Electoral Culture of the East India Company's Court of Proprietors, 1760–84 by Gilding, Ben

“…As contemporaries frequently pointed out, and often in disparaging terms, the governing institutions of the British East India Company contained an almost…”
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Voting and Not Voting in Early 18th‐Century English Parliamentary Elections by Dudley, Chris

“…This article uses data from 28 poll books to explore voter behaviour over time in early 18th‐century English parliamentary elections (from 1710 to 1735)…”
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Controverted Elections, Electoral Controversy and the Scottish Privy Council, 1689–1708 by Tree, Robert d.

“…Both the privy council and elections in early modern Scotland are understudied. The council itself has largely been described as a tool for crown management of…”
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