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This book provides unique insights into the parliamentary experiences of MPs by using questionnaires completed by all those who had been elected to the House of Commons from 1885-1918. Analyses and summarises the questionnaire created by Josiah Wedgwood MP, the main initiator of the History of Parliament projectIncludes the surprisingly truthful and informative answers about their subjects’ political and parliamentary careersAlso contains Wedgwood’s often sharply observed biographies (reproduced in an appendix), and provides fascinating insights into a crucial period for the House of Commons
Institutional Practice and Memory - Parliamentary People, Records and Histories
Essays in Honour of Sir John Sainty
Häftad, Engelska, 2013
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Honouring the contribution made to British parliamentary history by one of its most celebrated administrators, this festschrift for Sir John Sainty, who served as clerk of the parliaments from 1983–1990, features an unrivalled selection of specialist essays on the administrative procedures of Britain’s legislature. Includes detailed and highly specialized research on the British parliament’s administrative proceduresFeatures revealing essays on renowned parliamentary functionaries including Inigo JonesCollects a wealth of new learning culled from the archives of parliamentCovers the detail of key proposals for parliamentary reform in the ‘post-revolution administration’
Correspondence of John Campbell MP, with his Family, Henry Fox, Sir Robert Walpole and the Duke of Newcastle 1734 - 1771
Häftad, Engelska, 2014
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John Campbell’s political letters and writings are here published for the first time, delivering rare and significant insights into eighteenth century English politics and providing a substantial new resource for historians. A unique resource - John Campbell’s political letters and other writings are published here for the first timeThis body of work is a substantial and important new source of information for historians working in the field of mid-eighteenth century politicsProvides remarkable insights into the politics of the time, and especially into debates in the Commons at a time when Parliament had placed an embargo on the reporting of political debatesAll letters are fully transcribed and in their original form
Parliament, Politics and Policy in Britain and Ireland, c.1680 - 1832
Essays in Honour of D.W. Hayton
Häftad, Engelska, 2014
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This book employs a variety of methodologies, including thematic survey, biographical enquiry, and specific study, to examine British and Irish parliamentary history between the exclusion crisis and the Great Reform Act. Casts new light on familiar themes and also introduces previously unexplored issuesDiscusses important topics and figures of the period, such as Robert Peel; Frederick, Prince of Wales; Irish regulation of trade; the Excise Crisis; the impact of the West Indies on the mid-Georgian elections; and the Glorious Revolution of 1688Utilizes the Irish Legislation Database to re-examine the history of the pre-Union Irish parliamentUnites the scholarship of prominent figures in the field with the voices of younger historians
Correspondence of Stephen Fuller, 1788 - 1795
Jamaica, The West India Interest at Westminster and the Campaign to Preserve the Slave Trade
Häftad, Engelska, 2014
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The Correspondence of Stephen Fuller, 1788-1795, offers a much-needed accounting of how slavery supporters in Britain managed to preserve the slave trade in Jamaica during the last two decades of the 18th century. Represents the best single source on the efforts in Britain to prevent the abolition of the slave trade in Jamaica in the late 18th centuryOffers background context for Fuller’s letters and provides new information about the effectiveness of the West India interest in Britain’s houses of parliamentProvides the fullest accounting of the campaign orchestrated by Jamaica and other Caribbean islands to turn back the abolitionist attack on the slave trade and plantation regimeFeatures a wealth of information about the slave trade, the conditions in which Jamaican slaves lived and worked, the racial attitudes of planters and their overseas representativesReveals the efforts made by Fuller to appease the abolition movement through modest steps to deflect criticisms of the planter regime
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Bringing together essays from nine established parliamentary scholars, the volume offers new insights and reflections on the management and importance of Parliaments for the effective and smooth running of the state during the Tudor and early Stuart period. Nine parliamentary scholars pay tribute to the esteemed scholarship of Michael Graves, using his work as a springboard for continued discussion of the management of Parliaments throughout the Tudor and early Stuart periodExamines how sermons, state openings, patrons, procedure, foreign policy and individuals were all deployed to better manage Parliaments throughout the periodOffers original views and considerations on the management of, and the importance of, Parliaments during this timeEdited under the expert guidance of esteemed Parliamentary and History scholar, Chris R. Kyle
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Thomas Duppa who was Black Rod from 1683-1694 compiled The Commonplace Book for his own use. It sheds vital light not only on how the Lords was managed, and the daily routines, but also on the personalities of the period. The Commonplace Book is an extremely rare survival from late seventeenth century Parliamentary history Entries describe Sir Thomas Duppa's investiture as black rod and his knighting in 1683, as well as the coronation of James II in 1685Sheds scarce and important light on how the Lords was managed, and the daily routines that aided its runningProvides vital information on the disputes that took place over precedence and responsibilities between those employed at court and those working in parliament
Parliamentary Miscellany
Papers on the History of the House of Lords, Published 1964 - 1991
Häftad, Engelska, 2015
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A Parliamentary Miscellany contains a diverse collection of papers relating to various aspects of parliamentary history, particularly the House of Lords. Subjects include leaders and whips of the political parties, representative peers for Scotland and Ireland and the presence of the monarch in parliament. Brings together for the first time in one volume a body of work produced by the author over many yearsAn invaluable text for researchers, providing information that is both difficult and time consuming to obtainJ.C. Sainty is a highly respected parliamentary historian who was a clerk in the House of Lords for 28 years, seven of which he served as Clerk of the Parliaments
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The British Parliament and Foreign Policy in the 20th Century explores the ways in which parliaments in Britain and internationally have affected and democratized foreign policy since World War I. Includes six essays by expert historians on the positive and negative implications of increased parliamentary involvement in foreign policyConsiders a broad range of topics, such as increased participation by MPs, parliamentary procedure, extra-parliamentary networks, constitutional changes, and the rise of transnationalisationDiscusses minority protection under the League of Nations, the atomic question in the aftermath of World War II, the Falklands War, parliamentary debates during the Iraq War, and relationships between the UK and European ParliamentsMakes use of new data from analysis of parliamentary debates, archival sources, and media accounts
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The House of Commons 1509-1558 offers readers a groundbreaking examination of the role and significance of the British House of Commons during the Tudor period. Utilizes new scholarship, archival research, and never-before-published images to enhance our understandingDetails all aspects of the institution, including elections and electoral practice, membership, organization, the House in session, and legislationAddresses innovations in the conduct and management of the House during this time, such as the introduction of divisions and increasing bureaucratizationDemonstrates the turbulent nature of the House during the Tudor age and reevaluates the nature of political opposition
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Shooting Niagara – And After? is a wide-ranging examination of Britain’s Second Reform Act of 1867 and its impact, which doubled the electorate and propelled the country into the age of mass politics. Discusses the political world that the Second Reform Act created, as well as the intellectual forces which brought it into beingAddresses issues and perspectives related to political history, imperial history, Irish history, the history of childhood, popular protest, political thought, class, age, and genderContains contributions from distinguished scholars, such as Malcolm Chase, Kathryn Gleadle, Jonathan Parry and Gareth Stedman Jones, as well as from younger and emerging scholarsCoincides with the 150th anniversary of the passing of the Second Reform Act, a landmark in the history of British democracy
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The first ever collection of the letters of Arthur Onslow (1691-1768), who was the Speaker of the House of Commons for an unsurpassed 33 years and also known as the Great Speaker. Provides an insight into many interesting aspects of 18th century life as he served during the entire reign of George II, and brought about significant changes to the role of SpeakerIllustrates his work as a JP and as an MP, but also his philosophical, literary and antiquarian interests, and his pivotal role in the formation of the British MuseumHighlights his friendship with one of the leading politician of his time, the Duke of Newcastle, and his influence on the political stability of the 1740s and 50s
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This volume considers the varied forms of parliamentary pressure in the period between the civil wars and the advent of universal suffrage in the twentieth century. The authors examine the ways in which parliament accepted, invited, or moulded channels of political pressure from those outside their ranks and outside the electoral processChapters highlight the technologies of growth of private and public petitioning, the pressure to act on new national and international questions, and the ways in which parliamentarians themselves orchestrated pressureIncludes a range of insights into the collaborative porousness of political pressures on parliament, not simply as the force of ‘pressure from without’
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In its centenary year, this volume is a study of the Representation of the People Act of 1918 which was a landmark in modern British history and the most substantial change ever made in the electoral system. Investigates how it nearly trebled the electorate, extending the franchise to all adult men and giving the vote to women for the first timeExamines its effects upon the Conservative, Liberal, and Labour Parties; in the three diverse regions of the West Midlands, Scotland, and IrelandDemonstrates its impact on the house of commons, the national press, and the evolution of the women’s franchise from 1918 to full equality with men in 1928
Anglo-Irish Politics, 1680 - 1728: The Correspondence of the Brodrick Family of Surrey and County Cork, Volume 1
1680 - 1714
Häftad, Engelska, 2019
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Presenting the correspondence of The Brodricks, who originated in Surrey and established themselves in Ireland, in County Cork, in the mid-17th century, and were among the most important Anglo-Irish political families in the reigns of the later Stuarts and early Hanoverians. Includes letters between Alan Brodrick (1656–1728) and his brother Thomas (1654–1730) who emerged as prominent figures in the Irish house of commons, at the forefront of a political interest which associated itself with the whig party in EnglandThe collection provides a wealth of detailed commentary on political events in Ireland and England, both national and localLargely unknown by historians until deposited with the Surrey Record Office in the 1970s, when its enormous value was appreciated by researchers seeking to understand Irish political history in the decades after the Glorious RevolutionThe first part of a three-volume edition that will present a fully annotated edition of the letters, running from 1680–1728, and covering the Williamite settlement in Ireland, the ‘rage of party’ under Queen Anne, and the complex factional politics of the years after 1714, marked by controversy over the South Sea Bubble, and in Ireland, the ‘patriotic’ agitation over Wood’s halfpenceEach volume includes an extensive introduction setting out the historical background to the letters, and placing the Brodricks in their various contexts, in County Cork and Surrey, and in the political worlds of Dublin and Westminster
Space and Sound in the British Parliament, 1399 to the Present: Architecture, Access and Acoustics
Häftad, Engelska, 2019
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This special issue of Parliamentary History explores the relationship between spaces, soundscapes and political culture in the British Parliament between the late fourteenth century and the present day Experts in parliamentary history, political science, architecture and acoustics assess the influence of the pre- and post-1834 Palace of Westminster on the debate, procedure, ceremonial and identity of the two Houses of ParliamentRunning themes include the layout and acoustics of the Commons chamber, women’s access to politics, the Palace of Westminster as national icon and symbol of democracy, and the challenges of maintaining a historic building as the modern national legislatureThis volume draws on the research of the ‘St Stephen’s Chapel Westminster’ and ‘Listening to the Commons’ projects funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council at the University of York, in partnership with the UK Parliament.
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A collection of essays in honour of Clyve Jones who has made an incomparable contribution to our understanding of the history of the Westminster house of lords – its politics, procedures and business – and to the history of the English and Scottish peerage more generally Written in tribute by friends and fellow historians of the LordsExamines aspects of the political activities and social lives of the peerage between c. 1650 and c. 1850, following up many of the themes reflected in Clyve’s own writingsA particular focus on the period between the Glorious Revolution and the fall of Walpole, with several articles on the Scottish contingent in the Upper HouseAlso stretches well into the 19th century with subjects discussed not only parliamentary management, but the electioneering activities of aristocratic magnates, and the contribution of aristocratic women to the political world of late Stuart England
Anglo-Irish Politics, 1680 - 1728: The Correspondence of the Brodrick Family of Surrey and County Cork, Volume 2
1714 - 22
Häftad, Engelska, 2020
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Presenting the correspondence of The Brodricks, who originated in Surrey and established themselves in Ireland, in County Cork, in the mid-17th century, and were among the most important Anglo-Irish political families in the reigns of the later Stuarts and early Hanoverians. Comprises letters between Alan Brodrick (1656–1728) and his brother Thomas (1654–1730) who emerged as leading figures in the Irish parliament, at the forefront of a political interest which associated itself with the whig party in EnglandIncludes correspondence with other members of their immediate family, providing a wealth of detailed commentary on political events in Ireland and England, both national and localA collection largely untouched by historians until deposited with the Surrey Record Office (now the Surrey History Centre) in the 1970s, when its enormous value came to be appreciated by researchers seeking to understand Irish political history in the decades following the Glorious RevolutionCovers the immediate aftermath of the Hanoverian succession, with the establishment of a ‘whig ascendancy’ in Ireland and the growing divisions between whig factions in both Ireland and EnglandThe crisis over the South Sea Bubble also forms a major theme, with Thomas Brodrick achieving national prominence in Britain as the chairman of the parliamentary committee of inquiry into alleged ministerial corruption
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The essays in this collection, a special issue of Parliamentary History published to mark the fortieth volume of the journal, examine the different ways in which historians have understood and interpreted the history of parliament since the mid 19th century. Beginning with the work of Bishop William Stubbs, the doyen of modern parliamentary historians, and including such significant figures as A.F. Pollard, Lewis Namier and G.R. Elton, down to the historians of our own time, among whom may be found two practising politicians of very different stripes, Conor Cruise O’Brien and Enoch PowellThe intention is not to attempt a comprehensive account of the historiography of British parliamentary institutions, but to focus on particular individuals and particular phases in the development of the subjectThe 13 contributors take different approaches, some examining the work of a single historian or group of historians, others surveying the historiographical landscape more broadlyThe essays not only explore the major issues which have exercised the minds of scholars involved in the writing of parliamentary history, but also reappraise important figures and make suggestions as to the directions in which future writing on the history of parliament might developTopics covered venture beyond Westminster, to include both Scottish and Irish parliamentary history, both of which have always formed an important element in the remit of the journal
Last of the Tories Political Selections from the Diaries of the Fourth Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyne, 1839 - 1850
Häftad, Engelska, 2022
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The diaries of the fourth duke of Newcastle-under-Lyne (1785‒1851) provide an unrivalled insight into political events during the late-1830s and 1840s, from the perspective of a prominent Tory critic. At a time of Conservative revival under Sir Robert Peel, Newcastle used his position in the house of lords, his family’s historic electoral influence, and personal contacts with politicians and writers, to defend the status quoNewcastle’s diaries provide invaluable detail on these activities, offering important testimony on the Conservative party’s disruption in 1845‒6 and subsequent attempts to rebuild the party following the Repeal of the Corn LawsThey also illustrate Newcastle’s uncompromising views on personalities and events, and his hopes and fears for the country in its domestic and foreign policyThis edition reproduces the political content of the diaries for the period 1839‒50, as well as Newcastle’s published letters to the press, and is supplemented by a biographical appendix, an itinerary of Newcastle’s movements, and a comprehensive indexTaken together, the volume demonstrates why Newcastle was described by Punch magazine in 1845 as ‘The Last of the Tories’
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An exploration of scribal news, which played a major part in the topical reporting of political developments in Britain during the 17th and 18th centuries Evaluates its significance, which has long been overshadowed by the seemingly inevitable rise of print mediaBuilds on recent research that critiqued assumptions about the superiority of printSeeks to explore the relationship between manuscript news and politics in Britain from c. 1660-1760 in more detail and on a broad scale
Booksellers' Bill 1774 Legislating in the 18th Century
A View from Sir Henry Cavendish's Parliamentary Diary
Häftad, Engelska, 2022
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Anglo-Irish Politics, 1680-1728: The Correspondence of the Brodrick Family of Surrey and County Cork, Volume 3
1714 - 22
Häftad, Engelska, 2023
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This special issue of Parliamentary History is one product of 'Eighteenth-Century Political Participation and Electoral Culture' (ECPPEC) a research project funded from January 2020 to June 2023 by the UK's Arts and Humanities Research Council. ECPPEC was designed to shed new light on participation in parliamentary elections in England in the long 18th century, from about 1695 to the Reform Act of 1832. It was concerned with 'participation' interpreted broadly, both in the sense of voting, and also through other means: for instance, by attending - or being an active part of - the rituals of parliamentary elections, or by consuming - or creating - electoral print, song, dress, or other artefacts. ECPPEC thus had a dual focus on polling data and electoral culture, and an ambition to discover how these two aspects of elections worked together, with electoral culture potentially affecting election results.
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Parliamentarians at Law
Select Legal Proceedings of the Long Fifteenth Century Relating to Parliament
Häftad, Engelska, 2008
401 kr
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A fascinating collection bringing together a selection of law suits brought by peers and members of the House of Commons in the royal common law and equity courts at Westminster between 1377 and 1512. Includes documents relating to aspects of constitutional history, such as disputes over parliamentary elections, the payment of the wages of members of the commons, and the evolution of the parliamentary privilege of freedom from arrestIllustrates a variety of aspects of the life of the medieval parliament and the members of both housesContains texts never before published which have been gathered and collected from unwieldy and often poorly accessible sources among the English public recordsAccessible to a readership beyond the specialist in medieval legal history - includes full modern English translations of Latin, French and Middle English texts which have been printed as parallel texts alongside transcripts of the originals
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Peerage Creations
Chronological Lists of Creations in the Peerages of England and Great Britain 1649 - 1800 and of Ireland 1603 - 1898
Häftad, Engelska, 2008
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This volume contains chronological lists of creation in the peerages of England and Great Britain 1649-1800 and of Ireland 1603-1898 providing details of the grantees and the peerages conferred, indicating any special features and including full details of the sources used. Each entry specifies the date of creation, the names of the grantee and both the principal and any subordinate titles conferredIncludes the sources from which the information is derived, together with an indication of where the texts of the patents of creation are to be foundDetails are also provided where a peerage was granted with a special limitation in remainderBased on a systematic examination of the documents of creation which has led to the correction of numerous errors - this is of particular value in the case of Ireland where the public records were destroyed in 1922
Del 1 - Parliamentary History Book Series
Public Life and Public Lives
Essays in Honour of Richard W. Davis
Häftad, Engelska, 2008
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This volume consists of fourteen essays and an introduction all addressing the interconnection between modern party and electoral politics or political culture and disestablished religious organizations in modern British history – the main areas of scholarly interest for Richard W. Davis, Professor Emeritus, Washington University, St Louis. Questions how individuals envision the public good in modern Britain and how, through religious and moral beliefs, coupled with wisdom and political savvy, they can improve the public good through the ever-changing nineteenth century political institutions Essays range from studies of local electoral politics and parliamentary reform campaign to national political party organization, high politics and the role religion and empire played in the creation of national policy Examines the influence of individuals on the political process through their professional work in historical and philosophical writing, journalism and missionary work at home and abroad Provides new original research in the area of modern British political history together in Parliamentary History
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House of Lords in the Age of George III (1760-1811)
Häftad, Engelska, 2009
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A full and comprehensive assessment of the place of the 18th-century peerage and House of Lords. Uses statistical and anecdotal evidence to create a variegated portrait of the nobility, its political outlook, and the ways in which the nobility's multifarious roles combined to shape its members' conduct as peers of parliamentChallenges the assumption that the Lords remained a creature of the crown and demonstrates that peers and bishops were useful, informed, and broadly connected legislatorsIncorporates the results of recent research on the role of ideology in 18th-century British politics and the legislative business of parliamentsDraws on contemporary newspapers and journals and over 120 manuscript collections, some not previously consulted by students of the HouseOffers new insights into the Lords' changing relations with the crown and the Commons, traces the metamorphosis of the 'party of the crown' into an ultra-tory connection, and demonstrates that even as it resisted some political and social reform, the Lords was a useful legislative chamber that adapted effectively to the rising volume of business
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British Politics in the Age of Holmes
Geoffrey Holmes's "British Politics in the Age of Anne" 40 Years On
Häftad, Engelska, 2009
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The chapters in this volume celebrate the fortieth anniversary of the seminal work British Politics in the Age of Anne by looking at how Holmes’s writing has influenced later historians in various fields, including ones not directly addresses by Holmes, such as gender, jacobite and urban history. This volume celebrates the fortieth anniversary of the seminal work British Politics in the Age of Anne by Geoffrey Holmes Demonstrates how Holmes’s writing has influenced later generations of historians in various fields Investigates how this 1967 book was established as a masterpiece of historical research and writing and how it quickly became the accepted interpretation of the politics of the early eighteenth century, replacing previous work based on the methodology of Sir Lewis Namier This new book also shows how topics which Holmes’s only touched upon, such as gender, jacobite and urban history, have also been greatly influenced by his work Also available to buy as part of the Parliamentary History journal package: www.blackwellpublishing.com/parh