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'She tooke armes her selfe': violence, propaganda, and social criticism in The Life of Long Meg of Westminster
Published 2022“…<p>'The Life of Long Meg of Westminster', registered with the London Stationers’ Company in 1590, is a short book about a tall, fighting woman. …”
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The interest of 'North Britain': Scottish lobbying, the Westminster Parliament, and the British Union-state, c.1760-c.1830
Published 2016“…<p>This thesis is a study of the role of Scots and Scottish society in the politics of the Westminster Parliament and the British Union-state during the later Georgian period. …”
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Sir Arthur Hesilrige and the development of civil war in England
Published 1988“…<p>The thesis provides a detailed account of Hesilrige's involvement in the local politics of Leicestershire, tactical struggles at Westminster and the conflicts between Parliament's generals. …”
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A biography of Archbishop Richard Neile (1562-1640)
Published 1978“…</p> <p>It was as Dean of Westminster that Neile's exceptional talents as an administrator first became generally apparent. …”
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The Presbyterian party in the Long Parliament, 2 July 1644- 3 June 1647
Published 1973“…I recognise the significance of local and regional interests as factors affecting political activities at Westminster, whilst emphasising the importance of a developing national consciousness amongst the 'grandees' of both Houses in the formation of party groups.…”
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The political career of Sir Francis Burdett
Published 1989“…The thesis argues that Sir Francis Burdett's position inside the established political world, he was M.P. for Westminster from 1807 to 1837, made him absolutely vital to grassroots political radicalism. …”
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The cult of St. Edward the Confessor, 1066-1399
Published 2001“…Chapter Three charts Westminster Abbey's role in the promotion of the saint and his impact in other English ecclesiastical establishments. …”
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British representatives to international parliamentary assemblies: 1949-1970
Published 1974“…<p>For over twenty years, beginning in 1949, more than a score of British Members of Parliament, and an additional handful of Peers, have absented themselves from Westminster for up to two months of the Parliamentary session with the approval, indeed upon authorisation of party leaders, in order to serve as delegates to one or more international parliamentary assemblies. …”
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Constitutional change in the United Kingdom: an institutional analysis
Published 2000“…First, and principally, the thesis rejects conventional understandings of the UK constitution based upon Dicey's analysis and the Westminster model of British politics. It is argued that these models can no longer provide the analytical toolkits necessary to unlock the nature and scope of power in British politics. …”
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The nineteenth-century British Jesuits, with special reference to their relations with the vicars apostolic and the bishops
Published 1991“…Discussion is concentrated on the Jesuits' relations with Henry Manning in Westminster and Herbert Vaughan in Salford, in whose diocese the Jesuits attempted to open a college in Manchester; attention is also given to John Henry Newman, who, whilst not a diocesan Bishop, was a figure of related significance in this context. …”
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'Not infected with the Venime of the Times': the Rump Parliament and places of learning, 1649-53
Published 2022“…Historians often examine the Rump through its legislation and events at Westminster which results in a depiction of the government’s life as characterised by infrequent spasms of activity. …”
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'Remaking Greater Britain': Cecil Rhodes and imperial politics, 1880-1902
Published 2021“…It shows that Rhodes used a network of ideologically coherent lobbyists operating mainly in London, but also from South Africa, to influence British imperial policy in Westminster and Whitehall; it examines the techniques that he and this group deployed, including in relation to the press. …”
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The concept of discipline
Published 2013“…Reflecting his dislike for intolerant Presbyterians in Parliament and the Westminster Assembly, the two versions of The Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce (1643 and 1644) reconsider discipline as a moral imperative for all men, rooted in domestic liberty (Chapter 2). …”
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Storytelling in the making of a nation : 2015 general elections of Singapore : a case study
Published 2017“…Singapore adopts a Westminster model of parliamentary representative democratic system whereby the Parliamentarians are elected by the citizens. …”
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A study of the life and public career of Frederick Howard, fifth Earl of Carlisle, 1748-1825
Published 1981“…In particular, for example, there was a direct correlation between his estimation of the value of local political influence and his conception of the structure of politics at Westminster. Finally, it is not claimed in this thesis that Carlisle was an historically influential figure in the official political establishment of his day. …”
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Doctrinal controversies of English particular Baptists (1644-1691) as illustrated by the career and writings of Thomas Collier
Published 1980“…</p><p>Collier's 1678 <em>Confession of Faith</em>, written in response to the London Baptists' adaptation of the <em>Westminster Confession</em> published the previous year, illustrated the wide breach of doctrine that had developed between Collier and his denominational colleagues.…”
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Masters and masons of the English Cathedrals in the later Middle Ages a study in management based on a systematic analysis of the surviving fabric rolls, 1290-1540
Published 2021“…A shortage of fifteenth-century material was rectified by the inclusion of Westminster Abbey nave, which operated with similar fabric rolls. …”
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The judiciary and the political use and abuse of the law by the Caroline regime 1625-1640
Published 2016“…<p>In December 1640 the Long Parliament brought accusations against Lord Keeper Finch and six judges of the three main Westminster courts. These asserted the illegality of decisions and opinions given by these judges. …”
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