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  • Descended from a giant: the Worsleys of Hovingham

    Descended from a giant: the Worsleys of Hovingham

    Robin Eagles

    The recent death of HRH the Duchess of Kent, who was married to the late queen’s cousin at York Minister in 1961, reminds us of her family’s long association with Yorkshire. This has included two brothers who served as archbishop…

  • Parliament and the Church, c.1530-c.1630

    Parliament and the Church, c.1530-c.1630

    Alex Beeton

    In this blog, Dr Alex Beeton reviews a fascinating colloquium, held recently at the History of Parliament’s office in Bloomsbury Square. In the early modern period, both England’s Church and its Parliament changed. A Catholic country split from Rome and…

  • The History of Parliament’s Annual Lecture 2014: Professor Sir Diarmaid MacCulloch

    Emma Peplow

    On 5th November our annual lecture was delivered in Portcullis House by Professor Sir Diarmaid MacCulloch. Professor MacCulloch has published widely on the Reformation, including a recent biography of Archbishop Thomas Cranmer and Reformation: Europe’s House Divided, not to mention…