17th Century history
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Writing the History of Parliament in Early Modern England – colloquium report
Dr Paul Cavill, lecturer in early modern history at the University of Leeds, reports back from last weekend’s colloquium ‘Writing…
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Forcing Parliament…
360 years ago today, Oliver Cromwell dissolved the Rump Parliament, with a little help from a company of musketeers. Here’s…
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Col. Thomas Rainborowe: ‘The poorest he that is in England hath a right to live as the greatest he’
Today’s In Our Time programme on Radio Four focuses on the Putney Debates 0f 1647. Dr Stephen Roberts sheds more…
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17th Century Papal elections: Charles II’s unorthodox role
After this week’s excitement from the Vatican, Dr Robin Eagles shares a story of 17th Century papal elections that the…
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The Welsh and the English…
Another, short, blog for St David’s day (you would never guess where I’m from!) and our celebration of all things…
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Welsh Electoral Arithmetic, 1640-1660
As today is St David’s day, and in preparation for the upcoming ‘Parliaments, Politics and People’ seminar in which Rhodri…
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Parliaments, Politics and People seminar: Andrew Thrush, (History of Parliament) ‘The 1621 Parliament and the Origins of the Standing Orders of the House of Lords’
Dr Andrew Thrush editor of the History of Parliament’s 1603-1660 House of Lords section recently addressed our ‘Parliaments, Politics and…
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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…