Economic history
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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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The power of the (silk) purse: electioneering in nineteenth-century Macclesfield
In today’s blog Dr Kathryn Rix, assistant editor of our House of Commons, 1832-1868 project, takes a local history look…
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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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Mine’s a mine: the pre-industrial mining industry of Cornwall and Devon
Whilst in modern times Devon and Cornwall may be known as popular tourist destinations, in the 14th and 15th centuries…
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‘leaping and creeping’: Honours in the early 18th century
Ahead of the Queen’s official birthday this weekend and its accompanying honours list, in today’s blog Dr Robin Eagles, editor…
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‘Seldom… disturbed by the bustle of trade or the affairs of Government’: Lymington from Restoration to Reform
As we gear up for May’s Local and Community History Month, today Dr Robin Eagles, editor of our Lords 1715-1790…
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Customs duties, political grievances and cross-border relations: an early Stuart perspective
In today’s blog Dr Vivienne Larminie, assistant editor of our Commons 1640-1660 project, takes a look at the debates over…
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Anglo-Dutch Fishing Disputes and the Sovereignty of the Seas, 1558-1640
Recent trade negotiations between the UK and the EU have shone a spotlight on European fishing rights in British territorial…
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Asleep on the job? Prime Minister Lord North 250 years on
Accompanying the publication of a new collection covering 300 years of British Prime Ministers, the book’s editor compiled a list…
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The West India Interest and the Parliamentary Defence of Slavery, 1823-33
Ahead of Tuesday’s Virtual IHR Parliaments, Politics and People seminar, we hear from Dr Michael Taylor, the author of The Interest: How…
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Thomas Sackville, 1st earl of Dorset: an overlooked Jacobean statesman?
Continuing our preview of the History of Parliament’s forthcoming volumes on the House of Lords 1604-29, Dr Ben Coates of…
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A Trojan horse in the House of Lords? The South Sea Company and the peerage
2020 marks the 300th anniversary of one of the most spectacular stock market crashes in British history when the South…