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Rights, Privileges and Just Liberty: Exeter and Parliament, 1600-1660
In today’s blog we return to our Local and Community History Month exploration of the historic constituency of Exeter. This…
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A Queen in Isolation: Mary Beatrice of Modena
On 7 May 1718, James II’s widow, Mary of Modena, died in exile at the palace of St Germain-en-Laye. Displaced…
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Towards the Restoration of the Monarchy, 1-8 May 1660
Today’s blog from Dr Andrew Barclay, senior research fellow for our Commons 1640-1660 project, is the second in a three-part…
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The ‘Convention’ that wasn’t: the Opening of the 1660 Parliament
Today we hear from Dr Andrew Barclay, senior research fellow for our Commons 1640-1660 project. He explores the accuracy of…
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Women in early modern parliamentary politics
Over the last few weeks we have been marking Women’s History Month. Continuing the discussion of women’s parliamentary history, Dr…
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Exiting the English Republic part 2: the end of the Long Parliament
In the second half of her series on exiting the English Republic (part one available here) Dr Vivienne Larminie, Assistant…
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Parliaments, Politics and People seminar: Jamaican legislature in the British Atlantic world, 1660 to 1840
Ahead of tonight’s Parliaments, Politics and People seminar at the Institute of Historical Research, we hear from Dr Aaron Graham,…
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Archbishop Laud’s secret ‘misfortunes’: decoding sexual identity in the seventeenth century
Continuing the theme of LGBTQ+ History Month, Dr Paul Hunneyball, assistant editor of the Lords 1558-1603 section, explores the problem…
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Exiting the English Republic, part 1: political flux in early 1660
Continuing the series on the turmoil of 1659-1660, which saw a retreat from radicalism and political experiment, Dr Vivienne Larminie,…
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The ‘Other’ House of Windsor
As our House of Lords 1604-1629 project nears completion, Dr Paul Hunneyball takes a look at one of the lesser-known…
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The Exclusion Parliaments
This blog from Paul Seaward, British Academy/Wolfson Research Professor at the History of Parliament Trust, is part of our Named…
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The House of Lords Outside Parliament Time, 1604-1629
Continuing our theme of alternative functions once served by the palace of Westminster, Dr Andrew Thrush of the Lords 1604-29…