Henry VI
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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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Rogue Prorogations? Suspending Parliament in the Later Middle Ages
In addition to Dr Vivienne Larminie’s blog about averting the prorogation of Parliament in May 1641, here’s Dr Hannes Kleineke…
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York v Lancaster: elections during time of Civil War
Today, Parliament will be officially dissolved and election writs issued for all constituencies. Over the election campaign, we’ll be running…
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Political drama: From The Wars of the Roses to the Australian Labor Party
Looking back at the startling events in Australian politics over the past week, Dr Hannes Kleineke compares the divisions in…
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Henry VI and parliament: screaming the house down?
With parliament still debating last week’s Queen’s speech, Dr Hannes Kleineke reveals a rather different start to the 1423 parliament, during…