Military history
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‘The first M.P. to fall’: the Hon. Arthur Edward Bruce O’Neill (1876-1914)
Over the next four years, we’ll be blogging short biographies of the MPs who died fighting in the First World…
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Parliaments Politics and People seminar: Jennifer Wells, Crafting empire: republican imperialism and parliamentary policy 1647-60’
Our ‘Parliaments, politics and people’ seminar is back for a new term. Dr Robin Eagles, Senior Research Fellow in the…
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The battle of Bosworth: consequences for winners and losers
The battle of Bosworth took place on this day in 1485. Dr Charles Moreton, senior research fellow of the Commons…
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The Battle of Blenheim and British Politics
In August 1704 the duke of Marlborough led allied forces to a great victory at Blenheim. Dr Charles Littleton, Senior…
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The ‘White Warfare of the South’: Shackleton’s Endurance Expedition and the First World War
This week the country is marking the 100th anniversary of Britain’s entry into the First World War. As Dr Robin…
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MPs at the Battle of Flodden
In the run-up to September’s Scottish Independence referendum, we are publishing a series on the relationship between England and Scotland…
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Fighting in foreign wars: fears over English Catholics in the Netherlands’ war with Spain
Events in Iraq and Syria have led Dr Andrew Thrush, editor of the Lords 1603-1660 section, to reflect on a…
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Parliament and Bannockburn
In the run up to September’s Scottish independence referendum, we’re publishing a series of blogposts on the relationship between England…
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Simon de Montfort and the Battle of Lewes
On the anniversary of the battle of Lewes, news of a new play that explores the causes of the battle…
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Remembering Culloden
On 16 April 1746, the battle of Culloden brought to a close the last serious attempt to restore the exiled…