17th Century history
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The Bonfire Night Coup: power politics at the Putney debates
In March we hosted the final Parliaments, Politics and People Seminar before lockdown forced the temporary closure of the Institute…
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The Mystery of the ‘Black Box’ and the ‘true’ heirs of Charles II
In the latest blog for the Georgian Lords, Dr Robin Eagles probes the mysteries of the ‘black box’ that was…
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The Horticultural Heroism of Sir Walter Erle
As Britain continues to take advantage of the great outdoors during Covid-19 lockdown, this week Dr Patrick Little, senior research…
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Exploring parliamentary history through art
Today’s blog contains details of the Art UK online exhibitions that our researchers have curated during lockdown… The History of…
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The ‘troubled nature’ of Francis Norris, earl of Berkshire: a Jacobean peer’s battle with depression
As public debate intensifies about the impact of the coronavirus lockdown on mental health, Dr Paul Hunneyball, assistant editor of…
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‘Southwark men, who are but traitors’: merchants, rioters, radicals and the ‘good old cause’ in the mid-seventeenth century
In the latest History of Parliament blog we return to our local history study of Southwark. Following our medieval look…
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The Return of Charles II, 29 May 1660
In today’s blog Dr Andrew Barclay, senior research fellow in our Commons 1640-1660 project, returns to his exploration of the…
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‘As in your wisdom you shall think meet’: Remote working in Parliament in the early modern period
In this special collaborative blog, members of the History of Parliament’s two House of Lords sections, Dr Andrew Thrush, editor…
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Breaching the guidelines: clerical MPs in the mid-seventeenth century
As the country grapples with interpreting the rules of the Covid-19 lockdown, Dr Vivienne Larminie of our Commons 1640-1660 section…
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‘Our London’: Exeter and the Glorious Revolution
For the next instalment in our Local and Community History Month study of Exeter, Dr Robin Eagles, editor of the…
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Pride of place: chief ministers and their houses in early modern England
Following Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s recent convalescence at Chequers, his official rural retreat, Dr Paul Hunneyball of the Lords 1558-1603…
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Rights, Privileges and Just Liberty: Exeter and Parliament, 1600-1660
In today’s blog we return to our Local and Community History Month exploration of the historic constituency of Exeter. This…