The wonderful Public Catalogue Foundation website discussion strand, Art Detective, has been hosting a discussion about this picture at St Mary’s Guildhall, Coventry. There’s documentary evidence about when the picture was painted, though it is rather confusing: an entry in the city’s accounts for 1626 says ‘Payd for making of the pictures of King James & King Charles for the hall £6.’ There is also … Continue reading Magna Carta in Coventry
On Bastille day our director, Dr Paul Seaward, discusses British views of the new regime in Paris… Bastille day, the anniversary of the storming in 1789 of the brooding stronghold in Paris that represented for its inhabitants the arbitrary nature of the ancient regime, provides an opportunity to reflect on the impact of the advent of representative government in France on Britain and British observers. … Continue reading The French Revolution, as seen from England
325 years ago today Parliament offered the crown to William and Mary, along with the Declaration of Rights (later to become the Bill of Rights). Our Director, Dr Paul Seaward, looks back at the two weeks of momentous debates in the Lords and Commons leading up to this moment… The ‘Glorious Revolution’ is the name given to the invasion of England by a Dutch force … Continue reading Who should sit on the throne?: the Commons, Lords and William & Mary, 1689
Last month, a collection of essays was published in honour of the leading early modern historian, Professor John Morrill: ‘The Nature of the English Revolution Revisited.’ Amongst many other things, Professor Morrill is the chair of the HoP’s editorial board. Our director, Dr Paul Seaward, and one of the contributors to the volume, Philip Baker, take a look at Professor Morrill’s contribution to both the … Continue reading In honour of Professor John Morrill
