17th Century history
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The power of the Long Parliament’s Committees
Dr Stephen Roberts, editor of our Commons 1640-1660 section, shares some of the new research they are doing into the…
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A royal wedding for Valentine’s Day, 1613
A romantic blog for Valentine’s day; four hundred years ago today James VI & I’s daughter Elizabeth married the Elector…
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Parliaments, Politics and People seminar: Jonathan Fitzgibbons (Cambridge) ‘Concord or Discord?: The Third Protectorate Parliament and the Pitfalls of J.T. Rutt’s edition of Thomas Burton’s Diary’
Our first seminar update of the new term… At our latest Parliaments, Politics and People seminar, Dr Jonathan Fitzgibbons made…
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The death of Prince Henry and the Succession Crisis of 1612-1614
Four hundred years ago last November a succession crisis hit England and Scotland, when the heir to the throne, Prince…
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The Agreements of the People, 1647-1649
The History’s Philip Baker tells us about his new book, out this week, on the Levellers’ Agreements of the People..…
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The first meeting of the ‘Provisional Government’ and the signing of the Guildhall Declaration
Dr Charles Littleton discusses the ‘Provisional Government’ that formed on this day – 11 December – in 1688 to take…
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6 December, 1648: Pride’s Purge
Dr Stephen Roberts, editor of the HOP’s House of Commons 1640-60 project, explains the importance of “Pride’s Purge” which took…
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Researching the House of Commons: Parliamentary Diaries
In our first blog on the methods our academics use for their research, Dr Vivienne Larminie discusses that great resource…
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Parliaments Politics and People seminar, 20 November 2012 Keith Stapylton (UCL): ‘The problem of privilege in early Stuart parliaments’
Dr Robin Eagles reports back on the latest ‘parliaments, politics and people’ seminar Following on from Caroline Shenton’s presentation a…
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On this day in 1644: John Milton’s intervention in debates over freedom of the press
Today’s ‘on this day’ article for Parliament Week focuses on the publication of Milton’s famous tract, Areopagitica, in which he…
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On this day in 1606: Proposed union between England and Scotland
Our Parliament Week ‘on this day’ article for today features a debate that is still relevant today… On this day…