Social history
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The ‘Poor Palatines’ – political ramifications of eighteenth century migration
Migration has rarely been politically uncontroversial, as Dr Robin Eagles, Senior Research Fellow in the House of Lords 1660-1832 section,…
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New website material on ‘From the Grassroots’
As many of you will know, over the past two years we’ve run a wonderful oral history project in Devon…
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The battle of Northampton and the strange death of Sir William Lucy MP
This week 555 years ago one of the significant Wars of the Roses contests, the battle of Northampton, took place.…
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Parliaments, Politics and People seminar: Kayleigh Milden, ‘From the Grassroots: An oral history of community politics in Devon.’
Reporting back from our latest ‘Parliaments, politics and people‘ seminar – our ‘From the Grassroots’ project co-ordinator, Dr Kayleigh Milden,…
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Sir Edward Coke, Magna Carta, and 17th century rebellion
In the latest in our ongoing series celebrating the anniversaries of Magna Carta and Simon de Montfort’s Parliament, Professor George…
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Early Modern ideas about Parliament’s origins
Our series celebrating the anniversaries of Magna Carta and Simon de Montfort’s Parliament continues today. Dr Paul Cavill, Lecturer in…
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The youngest MP since…?
Following the election of Mhairi Black last week, many of you have asked us about young MPs! Over to our…
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‘Elections and how to fight them’: electioneering a century ago
We continue our series on election campaigning through the centuries today. Dr Kathryn Rix, Assistant Editor of the Victorian Commons,…
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‘Horsham is Lady Irwin’s Borough’: the power of the 18th Century political widow
We continue our series on election campaigning through the centuries today, with an example of the power aristocratic women could…
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Electoral Independence in Tudor England
As the election campaign continues, so does our series of blogposts on historic campaigning. Today, all constituencies are contested and…
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Eleanor de Montfort, countess of Leicester (b. c. 1215-d. c. 1275): A countess and a rebel
Continuing our ongoing series celebrating the anniversaries of Magna Carta and Simon de Montfort’s Parliament, this week’s guest blogpost looks…
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Henry, 4th Lord Willoughby of Parham: an accidental life
In today’s blogpost, Dr Paul Hunneyball, Senior Research Fellow on the Lords 1603-1660 section, shares the story of the mysterious 4th Lord…