Articles by Robin Eagles
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“Void of all faith and honour?” The fall(s) and rise of Viscount Bolingbroke
In this latest blog post from the Georgian Lords, Dr Robin Eagles considers the instability of the early years of…
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‘Of the utmost weight for the safety and tranquillity of the kingdom’: the snap election of 1747
The latest in our General Election 2017 series and launching our new blog series on The Georgian Lords, Dr Robin…
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A ‘Glorious’ Revolution?
This week the BBC’s new series ‘British History’s Biggest fibs’ tackles some of the myths surrounding the ‘Glorious Revolution’ of…
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‘At whose door must this resentment be laid?’ The Whig Schism of 1717
The fall-out from Brexit has caused considerable disarray in the British party system, and over the course of this summer…
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“Contrary to the fundamental laws of nature”? The passage of the Declaratory Act, March 1766
250 years ago this week Parliament passed the ‘Declaratory Act’, aimed at limiting the damage of the earlier repeal of…
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‘The Story of Parliament’: The office of Prime Minister in the 18th Century
Earlier this year the History published ‘The Story of Parliament: Celebrating 750 years of parliament in Britain’ to mark the…