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MPs in World War I: Dr. John Esmonde (1862-1915) - The History of Parliament Today marks the 100th anniversary of the third MP who died fighting in the First World War, and the second this week. Continuing our series of short

Today marks 111 years since John Joseph Esmonde, MP for North Tipperary, died whilst serving in the First World War.

In an article for #HistParl, Dr Kathryn Rix reflected on his life and career as one of the few medical doctors in the Commons.

Controverted Elections, Electoral Controversy and the Scottish Privy Council, 1689–1708* 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 elections. But it was fundamentally a c....

Since we are in the midst of a Scottish Parliament election campaign I thought I'd repost my #OpenAccess article in @parlhistjournal.bsky.social from 2024 which investigates the Scottish Privy Council's role in elections between 1689 & 1708

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In a brand new #OpenAccess article in #PER online, Lothar Höbelt (univie.ac.at) investigates the navy, the archduke and parliamentary politics in 1860s Austria

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Volume 46 issue 1 of Parliaments, Estates & Representation has now been published in full online.

Special issue – 'Taking stock of 25 years of devolution in the United Kingdom'

Guest editors – Nathalie Duclos & Marie-Violaine Louvet (from @cas-ut2j.bsky.social)

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🚨 The 30 April deadline for proposals to present at our 78th annual conference in Barcelona (1-4 September 2026) is fast approaching.

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MP of the Month: Nicholas Aylward Vigors (1785-1840), soldier, scientist and politician Like many of our MPs, Nicholas Vigors had a varied career, as a soldier, landowner, politician and eminent zoologist. Although best known as a founder and secretary of the Zoological Society of Lon…

Our #1832AtoZ is at an end, with Z for Zoo. Nicholas Vigors, an Irish MP, played a leading role in the early development of London Zoo and was the first secretary of the Zoological Society of London. For more on his scientific and political careers, see victoriancommons.wordpress.com/2020/07/10/m...

When Thomas Ellwood repeatedly flouted his father’s command in 1659 to stay away from the Quakers, his behaviour provoked bitter family quarrels and a beating, until his father eventually found a surprising solution: he confiscated all his son’s hats. Thomas became in effect a prisoner in the house, accepting that it would be unthinkable to go outside without a hat. However strange to us today, this made perfect sense to contemporaries, and such episodes remind us that the multifaceted conventions surrounding dress played an important role in early modern culture. When, where, and how hats were worn, and the gestures in which they featured, conveyed signals about identity and status, could sustain, display, or defy social hierarchies and relationships, and asserted political or religious loyalties.

📣Out now on #firstview

Bernard Capp @uni-of-warwick.bsky.social on 'The Cultural, Social, and Ideological Role of the Hat in Early Modern England'

#Hat #Identity #Social #Clothing #Religion #Family #History 17thc 🎩👒🗃️

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Stuben und Säle: Symbolische Kommunikation und politische Kultur in den ständischen Versammlungsräumen der Habsburgermonarchie in der Frühen Neuzeit Published in Parliaments, Estates and Representation (Ahead of Print, 2026)

In another new publication in #PER online, Elizabeth Harding (Herzog August Bibliothek) reviews 'Stuben und Säle: Symbolische Kommunikation und politische Kultur in den ständischen Versammlungsräumen der Habsburgermonarchie in der Frühen Neuzeit' by Petr Mat'a

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A reminder of this travel grant available to younger scholars for attendance at our annual conference in Barcelona this September.

Deadline: 31 July.

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Among newly published articles in #PER online is a study of heavily neglected themes in studies of electoral law: mental health, law abidingness & citizenship in an Austrian context — co- authored by Gerald Kohl & Hanna Palmanshofer (@univie.ac.at)

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A reminder that the deadline for proposals to speak at our 78th annual conference in Barcelona is just over a month away

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Volume 46 issue 1 of Parliaments, Estates & Representation has now been published in full online.

Special issue – 'Taking stock of 25 years of devolution in the United Kingdom'

Guest editors – Nathalie Duclos & Marie-Violaine Louvet (from @cas-ut2j.bsky.social)

www.tandfonline.com/toc/rper20/4...

On the Althing I am currently reading Independent People (1946) by the Icelandic Nobel Prize winner Halldór Laxness.

In this week's Scribble Book, #HistParl director @jhdavey.bsky.social takes a literary trip to Iceland, and discusses the importance of Parliament in one of the country's most famous novels.

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Re-Membering the Medieval Parliament, 1769-1886

The next @ihr.bsky.social 'Parliaments, Politics & People' seminar looks like a corker.

Sarah Wride (@york.ac.uk & IHR) 'Re-Membering the Medieval Parliament, 1769-1886'

📆 17 March ⏰ 17:30-19:00 @ IHR, Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU & online

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In February 1722, shortly before the dissolution of Parliament the following month, the press reported that in the course of the parliament (1715-22) 42 members of the Lords (peers and bishops) and 62 MPs had died.
That's almost exactly a quarter of the Lords.
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Contents | Archives: The Journal of the British Records Association 59, 1-2 The archives collections held at Westminster date back more than 500 years. The House of Lords kept its most important records for centuries in the Jewel Tower, a stone tower on the parliamentary estate previously used by the royal family to store ...

The latest issue of 'Archives: The Journal of the British Records Association' (@britrecs.bsky.social) which was published earlier this month contains some captivating research into parliamentary archives.

See the link below for the full issue:

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Valentine’s Day in Parliament A quick list from Hansard

Ahead of this weekend, #HistParl Director @jhdavey.bsky.social has had a look through Hansard for references to Valentines' Day in House of Commons debates. Check out her latest post for Scribble Book for more!

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In a fascinating new article in #PER online, Cassandra Ross (from Sciences Po) examines how devolution has created a framework for different policy motives across 🇬🇧 devolved territories, especially in relation to migration policy in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 compared to rUK

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Before the vote was won: women and politics, 1832-68 This month marks the 100th anniversary of the 1918 Representation of the People Act, which received royal assent on 6 February. For the first time, virtually all the adult male population received …

Next in our #1832AtoZ is W for Women. Our Victorian Commons website has several articles exploring women’s involvement in 19th century politics, from local government electors to political wives, and from petitioners to electoral patrons. For links, see victoriancommons.wordpress.com/2018/02/02/b...

The History of the History: Part 1 Q&A

This week in Scribble Book, #HistParl Director @jhdavey.bsky.social explores the history of the History of Parliament, beginning in the 1930s with Josiah Wedgwood's questionnaire of former MPs who sat between 1885 and 1918.

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Also just published in #PER online is Juliette Ringeisen Biardeaud's (University Paris Panthéon Assas) analysis of 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 devolution through the lens of two key but often overlooked constitutional mechanisms, Joint Ministerial Committees & Sewel conventions

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'Matters false and scandalous': the Scots and the emergence of party in the mid-1640s - The History of Parliament What had contributed much to the crystallisation of these parties was the signing of the Solemn League and Covenant in the early autumn of 1643. The Scottish

In a new guest article for #HistParl, Prof Laura Stewart explores the work of Scottish Polemicist David Buchanan, and how his writings influenced partisan rivalries in the Parliaments of the 1640s.

Execution or murder? Elizabeth I and the problem of how to kill Mary Queen of Scots - The History of Parliament Dr Andrew Thrush discusses the thorny issue that faced Elizabeth I in the wake of the discovery of Mary Queen of

On 8 February 1587, Mary Queen of Scots was executed.

Dr Andrew Thrush explores the issue that faced Elizabeth I in the wake of the discovery of Mary's role in the Babington Plot and her reluctance to execute her cousin.