The First Elizabethan Age
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The Great Survivor: Henry Howard, Earl of Northampton, 1540-1614
In today’s blog we hear from Dr Andrew Thrush, editor of our Lords 1558-1603 project, on the elusive career of…
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England’s Return to Protestantism, 1559
In the first of a new series of blogs on the Elizabethan period, Dr Andrew Thrush, editor of our 1558-1603…
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Elizabeth I, the ‘estate of marriage’, and the 1559 Parliament
To mark Women’s History Month, Dr Paul Hunneyball, assistant editor of our Lords 1558-1603 section, recalls the first public statement…
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Anglo-Dutch Fishing Disputes and the Sovereignty of the Seas, 1558-1640
Recent trade negotiations between the UK and the EU have shone a spotlight on European fishing rights in British territorial…
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Ball Lightning in Early Modern England: The Curious Case of Nicholas Walsh, MP
In their work our researchers have discovered many strange and unusual causes of the death that have befallen parliamentarians over…
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New project: the Elizabethan House of Lords
A new year at the History of Parliament Trust sees the start of a new project. Research on the House…