Medieval
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From Windsor to Westminster: the People of St. George’s Chapel, Windsor, in Parliament in the later Middle Ages and beyond
In October, Dr Hannes Kleineke, editor of our Commons 1461-1504 project, delivered the ‘Maurice and Shelagh Bond Memorial Lecture’ at…
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‘All men of Englond ar bounde for hym to pray’: The Funeral of King Edward IV, April 1483
Reports have suggested that as many as 35 million viewers in the UK tuned in to watch the funeral of…
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The termination of medieval Parliaments on the demise of the reigning monarch
As much of the nation, and the world, continues to reflect on the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II…
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In with the new – the appointment of Lord Chancellor Richard Neville in 1454
It was confirmed yesterday that the newly elected leader of the Conservative Party will be travelling to Balmoral next week,…
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A Speakership that never was: Sir Thomas Hungerford and the Parliament of 1378
Throughout 2022 we have been looking into the careers of some of the people to occupy the role of Speaker-…
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Thomas Burdet of Arrow, MP for Warwickshire in 1455, and the execution of George, duke of Clarence
The execution of Thomas Burdet has long been linked to that of George, duke of Clarence a few months later.…
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Funding the defence of the realm (or not…)
As questions of defence spending continue to be discussed in the chambers of Westminster, here Dr Hannes Kleineke, editor of…
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Parliament and the Politics of intimidation in Medieval England
As some of our previous blogs demonstrate, Medieval parliamentarians were no stranger to acts of physical violence. However as Dr…
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Sir William Oldhall, Speaker in the Parliament of 1450-1
In recent months we have been looking into some of the more notable parliamentarians to hold the post of ‘Speaker’…
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‘Am I not your uncle?’: John of Gaunt, the murder of Friar Latimer and the Salisbury Parliament of 1384
Recently on the History of Parliament blog we have been looking into some of the occasions when Parliament met away…
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Late Medieval Europe: Founding a Parliamentary Culture
In our latest blog we’re returning to the ‘Recovering Europe’s Parliamentary Culture, 1500-1700’ project. Since late September, we’ve been working with the University of…
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Parliament and the removal of a political leader: a fifteenth-century example
Despite Westminster’s image as the home of Parliament, throughout our project there are many examples of members gathering in other…