Project Gutenberg 2016-05-24 Public domain in the USA. 63 Grego, Joseph 1843 1908 40038330 A History of Parliamentary Elections and Electioneering in the Old Days Showing the State of Political Parties and Party Warfare at the Hustings and in the House of Commons from the Stuarts to Queen Victoria E-text prepared by MWS, Wayne Hammond, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive/American Libraries (https://archive.org/details/americana) "A History of Parliamentary Elections and Electioneering in the Old Days" by Joseph Grego is a historical account written in the late 19th century. This work explores the evolution of parliamentary elections and the various methods of electioneering in Britain from the time of the Stuarts to the reign of Queen Victoria. The text likely examines the intricate relationships between social classes, political parties, and the electoral process, centering on themes of corruption, representation, and civic engagement. The opening of the book delves into the origins of parliamentary assemblies and the complex rules governing elections, starting from early medieval practices to the formalization of the House of Commons. It highlights the role of key figures and evolving practices, touching upon concepts such as electoral qualifications, bribery, and the increasing power dynamics in electioneering. Grego establishes a historical context that underpins the development of Britain's parliamentary system, setting the stage for the ensuing chapters that promise to detail the vivid and often tumultuous political landscape of earlier centuries. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Great Britain -- Politics and government Great Britain. Parliament -- Election JN Text Browsing: History - British Browsing: Politics 1286950 1286757 2024-09-21T16:48:19.868434 2023-09-22T13:18:52.200321 text/html text/html 1289796 2016-05-24T22:41:15 text/html 8931684 2016-05-24T22:46:53 text/html application/zip 10038304 2024-09-21T16:48:53.003398 application/epub+zip 10055331 2024-09-21T16:48:28.033388 application/epub+zip 527244 2024-09-21T16:48:23.706410 application/epub+zip 10449407 2024-09-21T16:49:05.533197 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 10345667 2024-09-21T16:48:46.783330 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 827948 2022-09-23T19:19:06.991387 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1070355 1070140 2024-09-21T16:48:14.962456 2023-09-22T13:18:46.317245 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 1070424 2020-06-14T06:24:10 text/plain; charset=utf-8 403926 2020-06-14T06:24:10 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 18334 2024-09-21T16:49:05.708158 application/rdf+xml 20096 2024-09-21T16:48:24.003379 image/jpeg 3037 2024-09-21T16:48:23.832376 image/jpeg 8937404 2024-09-21T16:48:20.225415 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog