18th Century history
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Jonathan Swift and the Union with Scotland
In the latest in our series on Anglo-Scottish relations throughout the centuries, Dr Ruth Paley, editor of the House of Lords 1660-1832 section, discusses the satirist Jonathan Swift’s provocative attack on the Scots during the early days of union and…
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The Battle of Blenheim and British Politics
In August 1704 the duke of Marlborough led allied forces to a great victory at Blenheim. Dr Charles Littleton, Senior Research Fellow in our Lords 1660-1832 section, discusses the effect the news of victory had on British politics… In these…
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How Closely Related Were George I and Queen Anne?
Over on twitter this week we are marking the 300th anniversary of the death of Queen Anne and the Hanoverian succession with a series of daily ‘live tweets’ under the hashtag #Anne1714. In today’s accompanying guest blogpost, Professor William Gibson,…
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Nolo episcopari
On Monday, the Church of England voted to allow women bishops for the first time. This prompted Matthew Kilburn, research assistant in the Lords 1660-1715 section, to consider those appointed to bishoprics in that period… ‘Nobody actually wants to be…
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The French Revolution, as seen from England
On Bastille day our director, Dr Paul Seaward, discusses British views of the new regime in Paris… Bastille day, the anniversary of the storming in 1789 of the brooding stronghold in Paris that represented for its inhabitants the arbitrary nature…
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Festschrift in Honour of Professor David Hayton, editor of The History of Parliament, 1690-1715
Last month, the Parliamentary History Yearbook Trust (publishers of the journal Parliamentary History) released a festschrift in honour of Professor David Hayton, ‘Parliaments, Politics and Policy in Britain and Ireland, c.1680-1832‘. Professor Hayton is a renowned historian of early modern…
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Remembering Culloden
On 16 April 1746, the battle of Culloden brought to a close the last serious attempt to restore the exiled Stuart dynasty to the British throne. Here, Dr Robin Eagles discusses the parliamentarians on both sides of this decisive contest……
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John Wilkes: A friend to liberty?
Last week Dr Robin Eagles, Senior Research Fellow on the Lords 1660-1832 project gave a lecture in Parliament on ‘John Wilkes: A friend to liberty?’. Dr Eagles’s lecture is part of a programme to mark the 250th anniversary of Wilkes’…