Category Archives: Reporting Parliament

1624 Proceedings: The House of Commons

Posted on February 12, 2018 by

Today Philip Baker, former Research Fellow of the History of Parliament and Lecturer at Oxford Brookes University, explains the background to and completion of a History of Parliament project for which he was Editor. This new online resource provides access to primary … Continue reading →

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Reporting the House of Lords 1660-1832

Posted on February 8, 2018 by

The latest blog from the Georgian Lords reports back from last month’s conference of the British Society for Eighteenth Century Studies in Oxford, which members of the section attended to speak about the project. A month has now passed since … Continue reading →

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Reporting Parliament: Hansard, Throwback Thursday

Posted on November 16, 2017 by

Today in our ‘Reporting Parliament’ series for Parliament Week, we have a guestblog from the team at Hansard. Here they have recorded the ‘day in the life’ of a Hansard reporter, now and thirty years ago… 2017: Thursday, 9 am … Continue reading →

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Acquitted with three huzzas: the impeachment of Robert Harley, earl of Oxford

Posted on November 15, 2017 by

In today’s ‘Reporting Parliament’ series for Parliament Week 2017, Dr Robin Eagles considers the value of manuscript news accounts of the impeachment of the earl of Oxford just over 300 years ago for providing a more detailed impression of the … Continue reading →

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Reporting Parliament: Invasion scare in Sandwich?

Posted on November 14, 2017 by

In today’s ‘Reporting Parliament’ series for Parliament Week 2017, Dr Vivienne Larminie, Senior Research Fellow in the Commons 1640-60 Section, discusses the problem of ‘fake news’ during the Civil Wars… The concern of Parliament with the destabilising potential of false … Continue reading →

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Reporting Parliament – In the Later Middle Ages

Posted on November 13, 2017 by

Today’s post is the first in our special series of blogs for this year’s Parliament Week: Reporting Parliament throughout the ages. Dr Hannes Kleineke, Senior Research Fellow in our Commons 1422-1504 project, describes how medieval constituents kept up to date … Continue reading →

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