17th Century history
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The Civil War and the First Age of Party
May 2023 saw the publication of the History of Parliament House of Commons 1640-1660 volumes. This research has uncovered that…
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Time and the Hard Night’s Day in the Long Parliament
During the 1640s the parliamentary day grew longer and longer until all-night sittings became a regular feature in the House…
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‘There is not a Minister on this Side, that knows any Thing I either write or intend, excepting the Master of the Rolls and Sir George Radcliffe’: Sir Thomas Wentworth’s reliance on his cabal in the Irish Parliaments of Charles I’s reign
Ahead of next Tuesday’s Parliaments, Politics and People seminar, we hear from Dr Charlotte Brownhill of the Open University. On…
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The Voice of the Parliamentary Diarists, 1640-60
May 2023 saw the publication of the History of Parliament’s The House of Commons 1640-1660 volumes. One of the main…
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The Caroline court and the political breakdown of 1641-42
In the latest Revolutionary Stuart Parliaments blog, guest blogger Dr Fraser Dickinson considers the changes in the fortunes of the circles…
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Soft power and stigma: Illegitimate children and the History of Parliament
In 2022, Kate Gibson, Leverhulme Early Career Fellow at the University of Manchester, published her book Illegitimacy, Family and Stigma…
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Changing sides: ‘turncoats’ in the English Civil Wars
Throughout the English Civil Wars, it was common for people to switch sides between Parliamentarians and Royalists; these people earned…
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The Lords and the Putney Debates
Following the victory of Parliament over King Charles I in the first English Civil War, the New Model Army, Charles,…
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Clerks of the Commons: More than just scribes
The clerks of the Commons in the 17th century have often been depicted as people who simply recorded the events…
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The First Accession Council
In modern Britain, the death of a monarch has little political impact; the work of government continues uninterrupted, apart from…
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How can the Bibliography of British and Irish History (BBIH) help me? : researching the English and British Civil Wars and the Commonwealth and Protectorate period
May 2023 saw the publication of the History of Parliament’s latest work, The House of Commons 1640-1660. This publication has…
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Contested Space: Politics and the Commons Chamber
The Palace of Westminster was the location of some of the most dramatic events in the English Civil Wars. Dr…