{"id":2153,"date":"2018-01-25T13:49:20","date_gmt":"2018-01-25T13:49:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/historyofparliament.com\/?p=2153"},"modified":"2024-10-23T15:37:38","modified_gmt":"2024-10-23T14:37:38","slug":"welcome-to-the-history-of-parliament-blog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/historyofparliament.com\/2018\/01\/25\/welcome-to-the-history-of-parliament-blog\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to the History of Parliament blog!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here we share posts about our current research projects, wider parliamentary history, highlights from our events, seminars and conferences, and future publications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The History of Parliament&#8217;s core work lies in researching and writing series of volumes depicting Parliamentary life and proceedings throughout the past 700 years. These academically rigorous works contain detailed biographies of parliamentarians, studies of constituencies and introductory surveys. The Sections currently underway are: Commons 1422-1504, Commons 1640-1660, Commons 1832-1868, Lords 1604-29 and Lords 1715-1790. Follow the links for further information about the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.historyofparliamentonline.org\/about\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">History of Parliament<\/a> and our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.historyofparliamentonline.org\/about\/latest-research\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">latest research<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All current published Commons volumes can be found in the research section at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.historyofparliamentonline.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">historyofparliament.org<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Currently four of our Sections post independently as well as&nbsp; part of the main blog: the <a href=\"https:\/\/victoriancommons.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Victorian Commons<\/a>&nbsp;is managed by the Commons 1832-68, the <a href=\"https:\/\/historyofparliament.com\/the-georgian-lords\/\">Georgian Lords<\/a>&nbsp;is managed by the Lords 1715-1790, and <a href=\"https:\/\/historyofparliament.com\/james-i-to-restoration\/\">James I to Restoration<\/a> is managed by the Lords 1604-1629 and the Commons 1640-1660.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Find us on Twitter at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HistParl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@HistParl<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheVictCommons\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@TheVictCommons<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GeorgianLords\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@GeorgianLords<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here we share posts about our current research projects, wider parliamentary history, highlights from our events, seminars and conferences, and future publications. The History of Parliament&#8217;s core work lies in researching and writing series of volumes depicting Parliamentary life and proceedings throughout the past 700 years. These academically rigorous works contain detailed biographies of parliamentarians, studies of constituencies and introductory surveys. The Sections currently underway &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/historyofparliament.com\/2018\/01\/25\/welcome-to-the-history-of-parliament-blog\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Welcome to the History of Parliament blog!<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":244848225,"featured_media":19533,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_crdt_document":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[11942052],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2153","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-history-of-parliament-trust"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/historyofparliament.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Holding-Featured-Image-4.jpeg?fit=1200%2C658&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2QYNW-yJ","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":14001,"url":"https:\/\/historyofparliament.com\/2024\/09\/12\/clyve-jones-agent-for-the-promotion-of-parliamentary-history\/","url_meta":{"origin":2153,"position":0},"title":"Clyve Jones \u2013 agent for the promotion of parliamentary history","author":"stuart03630ebada","date":"September 12, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"The History of Parliament were deeply saddened to hear of the recent passing of Clyve Jones, a champion of 17th and 18th century political history and a long friend of the History of Parliament Trust. 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Here the section editor, Dr Stephen Roberts, reflects on the hard work that multiple historians have put into this project, and discusses some of the interesting people and events of\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Commons in the Civil Wars&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Commons in the Civil Wars","link":"https:\/\/historyofparliament.com\/category\/sections\/commons-in-the-civil-wars\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/historyofparliament.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/1640-60s-sm-banner1024_1.jpg?fit=1024%2C341&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/historyofparliament.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/1640-60s-sm-banner1024_1.jpg?fit=1024%2C341&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/historyofparliament.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/1640-60s-sm-banner1024_1.jpg?fit=1024%2C341&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/historyofparliament.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/1640-60s-sm-banner1024_1.jpg?fit=1024%2C341&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":13181,"url":"https:\/\/historyofparliament.com\/2024\/05\/28\/parliament-and-revolutionary-britain\/","url_meta":{"origin":2153,"position":3},"title":"Crisis? 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Not only will we be publishing a series of specially commissioned articles for Parliament Week, we\u2019re also releasing all the material from the volumes on the House of Commons in 1604-29 online for the first time.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;History of Parliament Trust&quot;","block_context":{"text":"History of Parliament Trust","link":"https:\/\/historyofparliament.com\/category\/history-of-parliament-trust\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/historyofparliament.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Holding-Featured-Image-4.jpeg?fit=1200%2C658&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/historyofparliament.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Holding-Featured-Image-4.jpeg?fit=1200%2C658&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/historyofparliament.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Holding-Featured-Image-4.jpeg?fit=1200%2C658&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/historyofparliament.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Holding-Featured-Image-4.jpeg?fit=1200%2C658&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/historyofparliament.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Holding-Featured-Image-4.jpeg?fit=1200%2C658&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":3367,"url":"https:\/\/historyofparliament.com\/2019\/07\/24\/the-history-of-parliament-at-the-international-medieval-congress-2019\/","url_meta":{"origin":2153,"position":5},"title":"The History of Parliament at the International Medieval Congress 2019","author":"Hannes Kleineke","date":"July 24, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Today Dr. Hannes Kleineke of our House of Commons 1422-1461 section summarises the History of Parliament Trust's successful sessions at this year's International Medieval Congress... 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