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Dr Vivienne Larminie explores the political career of one of the most influential mid-seventeenth century bishops

As the Hou...


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At the IHR Parliaments, Politics and People seminar on Tuesday 2 June, Professor Eloise Davies of the University of Florida,


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Section 28 of the Local Government Act, 1988, was one of the most controversial pieces of legislation in Britain at the end of the twentieth century. To mark the anniversary of its introduction,


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Continuing our series on parliamentary buildings, Dr Kathryn Rix of our House of Commons 1832-1945 project looks at the makeshift arrangements made for the prorogation in the aftermath of the devastating Westminster fire of October 1834.

On 15 August 1834 the House of Commons assembled for the last day of the 1834 parliamentary session. Around seve...


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