The Commons in the Wars of the Roses
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Making the most of a parhelion: the earl of March and the battle of Mortimer’s Cross
In our latest blog Dr Simon Payling, Senior Research Fellow for the Commons 1461-1504 project, looks back to this date in…
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Yorkist Parliaments, but not at York
At the beginning of this week, the government sparked debate by announcing the possibility of relocating the House of Lords…
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A turning-point in the Wars of the Roses: the attainders of the Coventry Parliament
In our latest blog Dr Simon Payling, Senior Research Fellow in our 1461-1504 project, discusses the short Lancastrian parliament of…
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‘The King’ and I
Dr Hannes Kleineke, editor of the 1461-1504 section, reflects on the experience of acting as a historical adviser for the…
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Bats and Devils: Henry VI’s ‘seasonally-named’ parliaments
Rather appropriately for our Halloween blog offering, we hear from Dr Hannes Kleineke, editor of our House of Commons 1461-1504…
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The battle of Ludford Bridge
Today on our new blog page The Commons in the Wars of the Roses, Dr Simon Payling, Senior Research Fellow…
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The Commons in the Wars of the Roses
With the History of Parliament’s volumes for the reign of Henry VI complete and due for publication shortly, the focus…
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Reporting Parliament in the Later Middle Ages
Today’s post is the first in our special series of blogs for this year’s Parliament Week: Reporting Parliament throughout the…
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Knock, knock. Who’s there? Black Rod: the Early Centuries
Last week Parliament announced they are advertising for a new Black Rod. In today’s blog, as Dr Hannes Kleineke, Senior…
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Medieval clerks of the parliament – part 2
Last week Dr Hannes Kleineke blogged on medieval parliamentary clerks. In his companion piece, guest blogger Dr Euan Roger, Royal…
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Medieval clerks of the parliament – part 1
The summer recess in parliament is not just a chance for MPs to take a break, but some peace and…