Assignment 1. Using Basil Duke Henning, ed., The House of Commons, 1660-1690 (3 vols., 1983) B, write a prosopographical (multiple biographical) analysis of at least six MPs of one county (and its boroughs). Are there identifiable Whig and Tory groupings? When? Why? Do they have identifiable views on issues, electioneering, and the electorate? What made some candidates successful while others failed? Overall, how does your information fit Kishlansky's argument?

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