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Immigrants and refugees at Westminster: the foreign ancestry of mid-17th century MPs
With refugee crises and immigration back in the news, Dr Vivienne Larminie, assistant editor of our Commons 1640-1660 section, considers…
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‘The Downe-fall of Dagon’: the post-Reformation campaign against Cheapside Cross
The recent trend of attacks on statues with uncomfortable moral or historical associations is nothing new; Dr Paul Hunneyball of…
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Red Streak: cider-making and drinking in Cromwellian Herefordshire
As we contemplate the further lifting of Covid restrictions on hospitality venues, Dr Patrick Little of our Commons 1640-1660 project…
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Religion, relief and the ‘slaughtered saints’: foreign aid in the seventeenth century
As modern-day discussions on how best to help nations across the world fight the COVID-19 pandemic continue, in today’s blog…
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Edward, Lord Stafford and the 1621 parliamentary protections scandal
Four hundred years ago this month, in an unprecedented move forced on it by circumstances, Parliament adjourned for more than…
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An Indispensable Member? Legal expertise in the Long Parliament, ‘an ancient lawyer’ and civil war intimidation
In the past, as with now, it was not uncommon to find those trained in the practice of law seated…
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‘What a theatre is the House of Commons!’
In today’s blog we hear from the History of Parliament’s director Dr Paul Seaward, continuing our recent theme of Parliament…
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‘Better affected to Mars and Neptune, than to Mercury’: docks, diversity and the representation of Portsmouth in the civil wars and interregnum
In our latest blog Dr Vivienne Larminie, assistant editor of our Commons 1640-1660 project, continues our local history look at…
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Exploring the roots of a regicide: Sir John Danvers, the University of Oxford and gardens
As we look forward to warmer weather and fewer Covid-related restrictions, Dr Vivienne Larminie, assistant editor of our Commons 1640-1660…
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Whispers on a landscape – Palatine migration to England, Ireland and beyond
We are delighted to welcome a guest blog from Claire McCormick, a PhD student at the University of Limerick, working…
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‘Death-bed disinherison by so foul a practice’: Parliament, the Vanlore heiresses and an early modern whodunnit
In Women’s History month, Dr Vivienne Larminie, assistant editor of our Commons 1640-1660 section, looks at how petitions to Parliament…
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Benjamin Valentine and the politics of protest
Prompted by the recent assault on the United States Congress, and the passions which fuelled that incident, Dr Paul Hunneyball,…