Parliamentary History: An Oblique Glance

Because parliamentary history has entered the DNA of English and anglophone historiography, one readily forgets how unusual are its parameters and influence in wider historical writing in the West. This essay supplies a reminder that we can look sideways at that historiographical form and think abou...

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Published in:Parliamentary history 2021-02, Vol.40 (1), p.228-244
Main Author: Bentley, Michael
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Congress
Parlamentarismus
parlementarisme
parliament
participation
Stände
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Summary:Because parliamentary history has entered the DNA of English and anglophone historiography, one readily forgets how unusual are its parameters and influence in wider historical writing in the West. This essay supplies a reminder that we can look sideways at that historiographical form and think about the place of parliamentary history in societies so different as those of the United States and Europe. Doing so reveals oddities in the place of parliamentary history in divergent cultures and brings into question the viability of the subject in the light of current persuasions that have become hegemonic – the cultural, the gendered, the global. The enquiry concludes that the future of parliamentary history will rest on its ability to come to terms with some of those persuasions and relocate itself within their imperatives.
ISSN:0264-2824
1750-0206
DOI:10.1111/1750-0206.12552