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33 produkter
Häftad, Engelska, 2012
338 kr
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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
Häftad, Engelska, 2014
295 kr
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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
Häftad, Engelska, 2015
292 kr
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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
Häftad, Engelska, 2017
437 kr
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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
Häftad, Engelska, 2017
264 kr
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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
Häftad, Engelska, 2017
365 kr
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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
Häftad, Engelska, 2018
292 kr
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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
Häftad, Engelska, 2019
274 kr
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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
Häftad, Engelska, 2019
274 kr
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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.
Häftad, Engelska, 2020
274 kr
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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
Häftad, Engelska, 2020
293 kr
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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
Häftad, Engelska, 2022
340 kr
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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’
Häftad, Engelska, 2022
274 kr
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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
Häftad, Engelska, 2022
329 kr
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Häftad, Engelska, 2023
340 kr
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Häftad, Engelska, 2024
324 kr
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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.
Häftad, Engelska, 2024
340 kr
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Parliamentarians at Law
Select Legal Proceedings of the Long Fifteenth Century Relating to Parliament
Häftad, Engelska, 2008
405 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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Public Life and Public Lives
Essays in Honour of Richard W. Davis
Häftad, Engelska, 2008
292 kr
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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
405 kr
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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
292 kr
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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
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Speakers and the Speakership
Presiding Officers and the Management of Business from the Middle Ages to the Twenty-first Century
Häftad, Engelska, 2010
283 kr
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This volume explores the role of the Speaker and the Lord Chancellor in the Westminster Parliament before the advent of democracy, setting it beside the practice at Dublin and Edinburgh over the same period, and the more recent history of the role at London and Washington. First in-depth study since the mid-1960s of how Speakers and the Speakership have operated in Parliament in BritainIncludes contribution by the former Speaker of the House of Commons, Baroness Boothroyd, describing her own tenure of the SpeakershipCovers practice at Westminster and at Dublin and Edinburgh, and a comparison of Speakers at Westminster and Washington during the nineteenth and twentieth centuriesComposed of papers from a conference held at the House of Commons in April 2008
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Century of Constitutional Reform
Häftad, Engelska, 2011
261 kr
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A Century of Constitutional Reform is a detailed study of the introduction, passage and consequences of major constitutional legislation in the United Kingdom. The book covers legislation enacted since the passage of the Parliament Act 1911, with contributions from leading specialists. Examines in depth the legislation that has shaped the constitution of the United Kingdom since the passage of the Parliament Act 1911 Provides a systematic study of the reasons for the introduction of the measures, their passage through Parliament Discusses the effects of legislation and the extent to which the laws both achieved their purpose and their unintended consequences Each contribution is written by a specialist in the field
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Ideas of the Liberal Party
Perceptions, Agendas and Liberal Politics in the House of Commons, 1832-1852
Häftad, Engelska, 2011
358 kr
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Ideas of the Liberal Party: Perceptions, Agendas, and Liberal Politics in the House of Commons, 1832-1852 utilizes previous unexamined archival material of backbench members of parliament to reveal the emergence and development of early- to mid-nineteenth century liberalism. Utilizes previous unexamined archival material of backbench members of parliamentAnalyzes crucial votes in the House of Commons to illuminate the importance of the development of the liberal party to the politics of the periodPresents a fresh and insightful analysis of nineteenth century politics
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Faction Displayed
Reconsidering the Impeachment of Dr Henry Sacheverell
Häftad, Engelska, 2012
292 kr
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Faction Displayed: Reconsidering the Impeachment of Dr. Henry Sacheverell features a collection of essays that examine the turbulent partisan culture during Queen Anne’s reign that ensued as a result of the 1710 parliamentary trial of English clergyman Henry Sacheverell. Features several essays originating from a 2010 conference held at the Palace of Westminster to mark the tercentenary of Sacheverell’s impeachmentLinks events in Parliament to the public that was both fascinated and enraged by themExplores the nature of the public sphere and critiques Habermas’s notion of itOffers a form of cultural parliamentary history and addresses the many forms of partisanship evident in the ‘rage of party’
Häftad, Engelska, 2013
254 kr
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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’
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
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
Häftad, Engelska, 2015
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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
Häftad, Engelska, 2015
247 kr
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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