16th Century history

Knock, knock. Who’s there? Black Rod: the Early Centuries

Hannes Kleineke

September 27, 2017

Last week Parliament announced they are advertising for a new Black Rod. In today’s blog, as Dr Hannes Kleineke, Senior…
St Bartholomew and the Huguenots

larminiev

August 24, 2017

On this day 1572 Europe was shocked by the anti-Protestant violence in Paris which came to be known as the…
Peers on Parade: A Sartorial History of the State Opening of Parliament

History of Parliament

May 18, 2016

Today’s guestblog is from Dr Charles Farris, University of Westminster, who discusses the history of the ceremonial attire worn at…
Parliaments, politics & people seminar: Chris Kyle, ‘A Dog, a Butcher and a Puritan’: The Politics of Lent in Early Modern England

History of Parliament

May 17, 2016

At our latest ‘Parliaments, Politics and People’ Seminar, Chris Kyle, of Syracuse University, spoke on ‘‘A Dog, a Butcher and…
‘The Story of Parliament’: Thomas Cromwell

History of Parliament

October 21, 2015

Earlier this year the History published ‘The Story of Parliament: Celebrating 750 years of parliament in Britain’ to mark the…
Electoral Independence in Tudor England

Simon Payling

April 27, 2015

As the election campaign continues, so does our series of blogposts on historic campaigning. Today, all constituencies are contested and…
The History of Parliament’s Annual Lecture 2014: Professor Sir Diarmaid MacCulloch

Emma Peplow

November 21, 2014

On 5th November our annual lecture was delivered in Portcullis House by Professor Sir Diarmaid MacCulloch. Professor MacCulloch has published…
MPs at the Battle of Flodden

Emma Peplow

July 10, 2014

In the run-up to September’s Scottish Independence referendum, we are publishing a series on the relationship between England and Scotland…
Fighting in foreign wars: fears over English Catholics in the Netherlands’ war with Spain

Andrew Thrush

June 26, 2014

Events in Iraq and Syria have led Dr Andrew Thrush, editor of the Lords 1603-1660 section, to reflect on a…
Parliaments, Politics and People Seminar: The 16th Century ‘Parliamentary Mind’

History of Parliament

February 6, 2014

Dr Kathryn Rix of the Victorian Commons reports back from our first ‘Parliaments, Politics and People’ seminar of 2014… This…
Poetry in Parliament

Emma Peplow

October 3, 2013

Today is National Poetry Day, a chance to celebrate poetry across the country (for more, visit www.forwardartsfoundation.org/national-poetry-day/). You may not…
The ‘transformation’ of representation, 1386-1558

Simon Payling

July 24, 2013

Last month, Dr Simon Payling spoke at the final ‘Parliaments, politics and people’ seminar on the ‘Transformation of the Commons,…

16th Century history

Knock, knock. Who’s there? Black Rod: the Early Centuries

‘The Story of Parliament’: Thomas Cromwell

MPs at the Battle of Flodden

Fighting in foreign wars: fears over English Catholics in the Netherlands’ war with Spain

Parliaments, Politics and People Seminar: The 16th Century ‘Parliamentary Mind’

The ‘transformation’ of representation, 1386-1558

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