Welcome to the History of Parliament online. This site contains all of the biographical, constituency and introductory survey articles published in The History ...

The Palace of Westminster has been a centre of power for over 900 years. In this section we chart the development of parliamentary sovereignty, ...

Great councils were first called Parliaments during the reign of Henry III ( r. 1216–1272). By this time, the king required Parliament's consent to levy ... Great Britain · Curia regis · Magnum Concilium · Cromwell's Other House

3 дня назад · Modern parliaments trace their history to the 13th century, when the sheriffs of English counties sent knights to the king to provide advice on ...

The History of Parliament's core work lies in researching and writing series of volumes depicting Parliamentary life and proceedings throughout the past 700 ...

This database contains the 21,420 articles published so far by the History of Parliament covering the careers of Members of Parliament.

Modern government has its origins in the Curia Regis; parliament descends from the Great Council, later known as the parliamentum, established by Magna Carta. ... Parliament (disambiguation) · Parliament of England · European Parliament · Synod

In about 1500, Parliament got its own Office, the Parliament Office, which ultimately took up residence in the further corner of the Palace of Westminster – in ...

This in-depth paper explores the development of the Westminster system in Britain and parliamentary democracy in Australia.

The History of Parliament is a research project creating comprehensive accounts of parliaments, elections and parliamentarians from the thirteenth century to ...