16th Century history
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Thomas Sackville, 1st earl of Dorset: an overlooked Jacobean statesman?
Continuing our preview of the History of Parliament’s forthcoming volumes on the House of Lords 1604-29, Dr Ben Coates of…
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Women in early modern parliamentary politics
Over the last few weeks we have been marking Women’s History Month. Continuing the discussion of women’s parliamentary history, Dr…
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New project: the Elizabethan House of Lords
A new year at the History of Parliament Trust sees the start of a new project. Research on the House…
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The ‘Other’ House of Windsor
As our House of Lords 1604-1629 project nears completion, Dr Paul Hunneyball takes a look at one of the lesser-known…
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Parliaments, Politics and People Seminar: The Political and Religious Origins of the 1563 Witchcraft Act
Ahead of this evening’s session of the IHR’s Parliaments, Politics, and People seminar, Lewis Brennen, PhD candidate at the University…
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The House of Lords Outside Parliament Time, 1604-1629
Continuing our theme of alternative functions once served by the palace of Westminster, Dr Andrew Thrush of the Lords 1604-29…
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The Origins of a Father of the House
This week as part of our Mothers and Fathers of the House series, Paul Seaward, British Academy/Wolfson research professor at…
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Review of the Year 2018
What a year it’s been! After all of the staff changes at the end of 2017 we started the new…
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Round-table session: Digital humanities and political history: in memoriam Valerie Cromwell
At our first ‘Parliaments, Politics & People’ seminar of the new academic year, Dr Hannes Kleineke, Dr Ruth Ahnert, Professor…
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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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Wikidata, British Politicians and the History of Parliament Trust
Today’s post is a guest blog from Andrew Gray of University College London. Andrew explains his Wikidata project which now…
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Currant affairs? Taxation without representation in early Stuart England
With tariffs on imported goods currently in the news, Dr. Simon Healy of the Lords 1604-29 Section provides some food…