13th Century history
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Parliament and Politics in the Later Middle Ages
Dr Simon Payling, of our 1461-1504 section, tracks the development of Parliament and Politics in the Later Middle Ages, from…
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A new beginning? Stubbs’s ‘Model’ Parliament of 1295
The final piece in our Named Parliaments series represents the earliest Parliament we’ve discussed, the ‘Model’ Parliament of 1295. Dr…
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London 1264: from Magna Carta to Montfort’s Parliament
As part of our series on Magna Carta and Simon de Montfort’s parliament, Ian Stone, a Junior Research Fellow at…
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Simon de Montfort’s 1265 Parliament and Magna Carta
750 years ago today Simon de Montfort’s famous 1265 Parliament opened in Westminster Hall. This is one of two anniversaries…
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Simon de Montfort and the Battle of Lewes
On the anniversary of the battle of Lewes, news of a new play that explores the causes of the battle…
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‘Making Constitutions, Building Parliaments’ Conference for 2015
Following last week’s blogpost about our 2014 conference, ‘Parliaments and Minorities’, today we have published an advanced notice of an…