17th Century history
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St David’s Day: ?The First Welsh Republican
For those of you who have been waiting with bated breath for another blog from our resident Welshman and History…
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James I and the duke of Buckingham: love, power and betrayal
Today is the first in a trio of blogs to celebrate LGBT+ History Month. Paul M. Hunneyball, Associate Editor of…
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Crashing out of Monarchy: February 1649 and the making of the English republic
For the final blog in our series on the events during the winter of 1648-9, Dr Patrick Little of the…
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Execution of Charles I – ?‘King-killer’: the Making of a Regicide
In the fourth in our series on the tumultuous events of the winter of 1648-9, and following on from the…
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Taking control: Speaker William Lenthall, precedent and the Long Parliament
In the midst of extraordinary times at Westminster, Dr Vivienne Larminie of the House of Commons 1640-1660 section looks at…
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Delivering justice: the sovereignty of the people, God’s judgement and the trial of Charles I
As twists and turns in the Brexit debates at Westminster continue, in the third in our series on the momentous…
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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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Top tips for Christmas at the Jacobean court
As History of Parliament staff prepare for their Christmas break, Dr Paul Hunneyball of the Lords 1604-29 section ponders the…
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No deal: Pride’s Purge and retreat from settlement
As MPs prepare to vote over whether or not to accept the Brexit deal negotiated by Theresa May, we have…
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Standing orders and precedents in the Irish House of Commons in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries
Today’s blog from Glenn McKee follows his paper given at our Parliaments, Politics and People Seminar at the IHR last…
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Voting and not voting in Cromwellian Scotland
Today, on St Andrew’s Day we have a Scotland themed blog from Dr Patrick Little of the House of Commons…
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The early Stuart judiciary – independent or subservient?
In the wake of recent events in America, Dr Paul Hunneyball of the Lords 1604-29 section considers the role of…