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Writing the History of Parliament in Early Modern England – colloquium report
Dr Paul Cavill, lecturer in early modern history at the University of Leeds, reports back from last weekend’s colloquium ‘Writing…
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Col. Thomas Rainborowe: ‘The poorest he that is in England hath a right to live as the greatest he’
Today’s In Our Time programme on Radio Four focuses on the Putney Debates 0f 1647. Dr Stephen Roberts sheds more…
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17th Century Papal elections: Charles II’s unorthodox role
After this week’s excitement from the Vatican, Dr Robin Eagles shares a story of 17th Century papal elections that the…
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Parliaments, Politics and People seminar: Andrew Thrush, (History of Parliament) ‘The 1621 Parliament and the Origins of the Standing Orders of the House of Lords’
Dr Andrew Thrush editor of the History of Parliament’s 1603-1660 House of Lords section recently addressed our ‘Parliaments, Politics and…
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The power of the Long Parliament’s Committees
Dr Stephen Roberts, editor of our Commons 1640-1660 section, shares some of the new research they are doing into the…
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A royal wedding for Valentine’s Day, 1613
A romantic blog for Valentine’s day; four hundred years ago today James VI & I’s daughter Elizabeth married the Elector…
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Parliament and religion: the defeat of the first Occasional Conformity Bill, January 1703
After last week’s rulings from the European Court of Human Rights on religious discrimination in the workplace, Dr Charles Littleton…
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The death of Prince Henry and the Succession Crisis of 1612-1614
Four hundred years ago last November a succession crisis hit England and Scotland, when the heir to the throne, Prince…
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The Agreements of the People, 1647-1649
The History’s Philip Baker tells us about his new book, out this week, on the Levellers’ Agreements of the People..…
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The first meeting of the ‘Provisional Government’ and the signing of the Guildhall Declaration
Dr Charles Littleton discusses the ‘Provisional Government’ that formed on this day – 11 December – in 1688 to take…
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6 December, 1648: Pride’s Purge
Dr Stephen Roberts, editor of the HOP’s House of Commons 1640-60 project, explains the importance of “Pride’s Purge” which took…