Medieval
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Parliaments, Politics and People Seminar: Dr Hannes Kleineke and the Yorkist Parliaments
Dr Paul Hunneyball reports back from our last ‘Parliaments, Politics and People’ seminar… On 11 February the Parliaments, Politics and…
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‘Making Constitutions, Building Parliaments’ Conference for 2015
Following last week’s blogpost about our 2014 conference, ‘Parliaments and Minorities’, today we have published an advanced notice of an…
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Parliaments, Politics and People Seminar: Stephen the Great and identity in the Balkans
Our last ‘Parliaments, politics and people’ seminar travelled far from the British parliament to the Balkans, as Dr Jonathan Eagles…
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The legend of Agincourt in Parliament
On the anniversary of the Battle of Agincourt in 1415, Dr Hannes Kleineke discusses how the memories and growing legends…
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Parliaments, Politics and People seminar: Parliamentary oratory and images – a new approach to the study of late medieval and early modern political culture
Our ‘Parliaments, politics and people’ seminar returned for a new term with a paper given by three German scholars. Professor…
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The ‘transformation’ of representation, 1386-1558
Last month, Dr Simon Payling spoke at the final ‘Parliaments, politics and people’ seminar on the ‘Transformation of the Commons,…
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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 VII’s first parliament
As part of the ‘Tudor Court’ season, tomorrow night BBC2 will show ‘Henry VII: The Winter King’. Dr Hannes Kleineke…
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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…