The Many Faces of European Parliamentary Cultures
The Many Faces of European Parliamentary Cultures

Revisiting the Last Research

Summary/Abstract: The review article discusses several publications dealing with various aspects of parliamentary history in twentieth century Europe. It argues that although the books deal with very different topics and have been created at research institutions with varied backgrounds, they share the approach of studying parliamentary cultures. This perspective has the capacity to include rhetorical, procedural, social, gender, visual and other characteristics in the analysis and as such represents a rare opportunity to make political history research highly relevant, sensitive and interdisciplinary.(BIEFANG, Andreas – LEENDERS, Marij: Das ideale Parlament: Erich Salomon als Fotograf in Berlin und den Haag, 1928–1940. Düsseldorf, Droste 2014;BIEFANG, Andreas: Leopold Braun (1868–1943): Kunst, Politik, Bohème und die Frage. Wozu malt man ein Parlament? Düsseldorf, Droste 2018;TRUTKOWSKI, Dominik: Die ausgehandelten Revolutionen: Politische Kommunikation in Parlament und Öffentlichkeit beim Umbruch zur Demokratie in Spanien und Polen. Düsseldorf, Droste 2021;PEPLOW, Emma – PIVATTO, Priscila (eds.): The Political Lives of Postwar British MPs: An Oral History of Parliament. London – New York, Bloomsbury Academic 2020.)

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