Stuart
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Lord Arundell of Wardour: How to cause a diplomatic incident with a false beard
Dr Paul Hunneyball, Senior Research Fellow on the Lords 1603-1660 section, shares the colourful Continental exploits of one of his…
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Parliaments, Politics and People seminar: Dr Andrew Thrush, ‘The Fall of Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk and the revival of impeachment, 1621’
Our own Dr Andrew Thrush, editor of the House of Lords 1603-1660 section, discusses his recent ‘Parliaments, politics and people’…
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Recording speech in early modern England: Parliament, preachers and the Putney debates
In his work on the 1624 Parliamentary Diaries, Philip Baker deals with the difficulties in deciphering 17th Century record keeping…
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17th-century Oxford: Parliament goes back to school…
With Universities now back in the swing of a new term, Dr Robin Eagles takes a look at the disruption…
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The ‘warming-pan baby’: James Edward Francis Stuart
During this week’s excitement over the birth of Prince George of Cambridge, a number of commentators have discussed the ‘warming-pan…
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David Magliocco, ‘Popularity, “popularity” and popularity: Pepys and popularity’
Dr Robin Eagles reports back from our latest ‘Parliaments, Politics and People’ seminar… The last Parliaments seminar returned to the…
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Sir Isaac Wake and the case for war
With the crisis in Syria deepening, this week the Foreign Secretary and Speaker of the Commons have both promised that…
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‘The Long Parliament and State Formation’ colloquium report
Last month, our Commons, 1640-1660 section hosted a colloquium to discuss their research to date and to prepare for work…
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Parliaments, Politics and People – Simon Healy ‘The Significance (and Insignificance) of Precedent in Early Stuart Parliaments’
Last week our Parliaments, Politics and People seminar returned for the summer term, with the HOP’s own Simon Healy. His…
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Confusion in the commons – voting in 17th Century parliaments
Today, parliamentarians are often accused of shouting and ‘braying’ during debates. In this, little has changed since the 17th century,…