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The battle of Towton and the Parliament of 1461
On 29 March 1461 the battle of Towton took place. A notoriously violent encounter, the battle is the topic of…
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Oliver Cromwell’s Western Designer
In today’s blog Dr David Scott, senior research fellow for our Commons 1640-1660 project, continues our look at parliamentary links…
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Elizabeth I, the ‘estate of marriage’, and the 1559 Parliament
To mark Women’s History Month, Dr Paul Hunneyball, assistant editor of our Lords 1558-1603 section, recalls the first public statement…
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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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Parliament and Forced Colonial Labour in Richard Cromwell’s Parliament, 1659
In today’s blog Dr Stephen Roberts concludes his three-part blog series discussing parliamentary reactions to the 17th century transatlantic slave…
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From Chicken House to Palace: 10 Downing Street in the 18th century
In February 1742, Sir Robert Walpole, newly ennobled as earl of Orford quit 10 Downing Street for the last time.…
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The geography of voting behaviour: towards a roll-call analysis of England’s reformed electoral map, 1832-68
Ahead of next Tuesday’s Virtual IHR Parliaments, Politics and People seminar, we hear from Dr Martin Spychal, of the History of…
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A New Dawn? The accession of Edward IV on 4 March 1461
On 4 March 1461 Edward duke of York was proclaimed King in Westminster Hall. But the authority of this new…
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‘Great Quarrels and Disputes’ or A Bun in the Oven? The Penshurst Claimant and the earldom of Leicester
In today’s blog Dr Robin Eagles, editor of our House of Lords 1715-1790 project, continues our look into the marriages…
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Parliament and the Welsh Language/Dydd Gwyl Dewi: Y Senedd a’r Iaith Gymraeg.
To mark St David’s Day this year, we are publishing a translation into Welsh of a blog written in 2018,…
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New Podcast for LGBT+ History Month: Lord Ronald Gower (1845-1916)
Based on his recent blog series on The Victorian Commons, this LGBT+ History Month Dr Martin Spychal sat down (virtually)…
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Party in Eighteenth-Century Politics
Ahead of next Tuesday’s Virtual IHR Parliaments, Politics and People seminar, we hear from Dr Max Skjönsberg, of the University of…
