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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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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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🚨⏰ Just a few more weeks to get proposals in for our remote only conference.

See the post below for further details 👇

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:

www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/toc/archives...

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.

“Unobtrusive But Not Unimportant”: Representations of Women and Sovereign Power at the New Palace of Westminster, 1841-1870

The next @ihr.bsky.social Parliaments, Politics & People hybrid seminar (17 Feb) will be of interest to our members & followers:

Cara Gathern, ''Unobtrusive But Not Unimportant': Representations of Women & Sovereign Power at the New Palace of Westminster, 1841-70'

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This looks fantastic! Looking forward to it

Introducing Scribble Book A History of Parliament Newsletter

HistParl is now on Substack!

We are very pleased to announce the launch of Scribble Book - a History of Parliament newsletter written by our Director @jhdavey.bsky.social ! Our first post, on the history of the Trust, will be out on Monday.

Be sure to subscribe now to keep up to date!

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A reminder that the cfp for our remote conference on 26 March is live and the deadline for submissions is just under a month away 👇

The ladies’ gallery in the temporary House of Commons - The History of Parliament Dr Kathryn Rix looks at the provision made for women to witness debates in the temporary chamber

In February 1778, women were barred from the House of Commons chamber.

But this did not stop them from listening in on debates, as women began to occupy the 'ventilator' in the attic of the chamber.
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Fresh research in #PER online: Joana Etchart (Université de Pau et des Pays de l'adour) explores the development of the idea of consent in Northern Irish politics in the context of devolution and Brexit

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#Devolution #Brexit #PoliticalConsent

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More comparative analysis of Welsh & Scottish devolution in another recently published research article in #PER online, this time focusing on electoral reform & electoral law by Annie Thiec (Nantes University)

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

#devolution #elections #electoralreform

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🚨New research published in #PER online:

Perrine Lara (University of Toulouse) argues that an unintended consequence of devolution in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 & 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 is the burgeoning of electoral & social movements in favour of independence

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In the intro to a forthcoming special issue of #PER (published online last week), Nathalie Duclos & Marie-Violaine Louvet (University of Toulouse) provide an overview of institutions & practices in 🇬🇧 devolved territories since 1999.

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Also published this week in #PER online is a study of 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 peers in the House of Lords since devolution by Edwige Camp-Pietrain (Université Polytechnique des Hauts-de-France)

'Scottish peers and devolution: continuity and shifts in political discourses (1999–2024)'

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