15th Century History
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Medieval MP of the Month: Walter Rich – a tryst gone wrong?
Rather appropriately on Valentine’s Day, February’s Medieval MP of the month blog is concerned with affairs of the heart (among…
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Sir John Popham: A Speaker-Elect Makes a Quick Escape from the Parliamentary Turmoil caused by England’s Precipitous Exit from Europe
In light of the recent controversy surrounding the current Speaker of the House of Commons and his position on Brexit,…
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Medieval MP of the Month: Santa Claus in Parliament
Here’s a seasonal offering from Hannes Kleineke of the House of Commons 1422-1504 Section for our Medieval MP of Month……
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Medieval MP of the Month: An MP Struck by Lightning
Today we hear from House of Commons 1422-1504 Section Editor, Dr Linda Clark for the next instalment in our series ‘Medieval…
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Medieval MP of the Month: Sir Christopher Talbot
Here’s the next installment in our series ‘Medieval MP of the Month’. Today we here from Senior Research Fellow, Dr…
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Medieval MP of the Month: Robert Hill (c.1391-1444) of Shilston, Devon.
Today’s blog is the second installment from our ‘Medieval MP of the Month’ series. In this post we hear from…
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Violent times? MPs as victims of murder in the mid-fifteenth century
Today Dr Simon Payling of the 1422-1504 Section explores the murders of MPs in the mid-fifteenth century… The completion of…
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House of Commons 1422-1504: MP of the Month, William Holbeck
In our Medieval MP of the Month series we’ll be exploring some of the characters who feature in our Commons…
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Women and Parliament in the Fifteenth Century
2018 is the centennial anniversary of the Representation of the People Act 1918 under the terms of which, for the…
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Reporting Parliament in the Later Middle Ages
Today’s post is the first in our special series of blogs for this year’s Parliament Week: Reporting Parliament throughout the…
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Knock, knock. Who’s there? Black Rod: the Early Centuries
Last week Parliament announced they are advertising for a new Black Rod. In today’s blog, as Dr Hannes Kleineke, Senior…