![]() ![]() Long Parliament knew no such constraints.Įngland’s first parliamentary government represented an unprecedented ![]() ![]() The Long Parliament – so-called because it sat almost continuously from 1640īeen occasional events, called at the monarch’s whim and usually sitting for Only that, it boasted perhaps the most famous Parliament in English history, The 1640s, the decade of the English civil war, suffered both afflictions Raise testosterone levels in Members to new and unhealthy heights. This was doubly true of Parliaments that presided over rebellions and A group of egotistical men (MPs), removed from the respectable environs of their families and communities and thrust into the fleshpots of London with nothing much to do all day but thump their tubs, posture and get drunk – it was an invitation to sexual misadventure on a grand scale.Īnd if Parliaments were bad for their participants’ sexual probity, then ![]() Sexual licence and parliamentary politics have always enjoyed an intimate relationship, and not even the great puritan preachers of the seventeenth century ( who regularly addressed assembled MPs in the adjacent St Margaret’s church ) could prize them apart. In our latest blog, Dr David Scott of the House of Commons 1640-1660 section looks at the extra-curricular activities of some Members of a supposedly puritan Parliament – at least according to newspaper reports… ![]()
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