Brytyjska Izba Lordów na przełomie XIX i XX wieku. Ewolucja pozycji w systemie politycznym

The paper concerns the evolution of the political position of the House of Lords until the end of the 19th century. The author presents the time of stabilisation of the relations of the two parliamentary chambers and identifies its causes. He also discusses the increasing disruption of relations between the two chambers of the British Parliament following from electoral reforms and, consequently, the decomposition of the hitherto unified conservative political environment and the emergence of liberal forces. This resulted in increasingly strong ideological and political rivalry between the conservative House of Lords and the largely liberal House of Commons.