17th Century history
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An MP and an Epidemic in Civil War London
As we face challenges unfamiliar in modern times, our director, Dr Stephen Roberts, looks back at one parliamentary diarist’s response…
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Ourselves alone? The General Convention of Ireland of 1660
Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Today’s Irish themed blog from Dr Patrick Little of our House of Commons 1640-60 project considers…
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Parliaments, Politics and People seminar: Jamaican legislature in the British Atlantic world, 1660 to 1840
Ahead of tonight’s Parliaments, Politics and People seminar at the Institute of Historical Research, we hear from Dr Aaron Graham,…
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Archbishop Laud’s secret ‘misfortunes’: decoding sexual identity in the seventeenth century
Continuing the theme of LGBTQ+ History Month, Dr Paul Hunneyball, assistant editor of the Lords 1558-1603 section, explores the problem…
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Exiting the English Republic, part 1: political flux in early 1660
Continuing the series on the turmoil of 1659-1660, which saw a retreat from radicalism and political experiment, Dr Vivienne Larminie,…
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Sitting at Christmas: getting business done, 1643
In a previous blog our director, Dr Stephen Roberts, explored legislation by which parliamentarians of the 1640s tried to promote…
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The ‘Other’ House of Windsor
As our House of Lords 1604-1629 project nears completion, Dr Paul Hunneyball takes a look at one of the lesser-known…
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The ‘Barebones Parliament’: an assembly of the saints, 1653
Today, Dr Vivienne Larminie, Assistant Editor of our House of Commons 1640-1660 Section, continues our Named Parliaments series with the…
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The ‘Interruption’ of Parliament and the quest for political settlement, October 1659
In the first of a new blog series charting the collapse of the British Republic, Dr Vivienne Larminie of the…
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The Exclusion Parliaments
This blog from Paul Seaward, British Academy/Wolfson Research Professor at the History of Parliament Trust, is part of our Named…
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The House of Lords Outside Parliament Time, 1604-1629
Continuing our theme of alternative functions once served by the palace of Westminster, Dr Andrew Thrush of the Lords 1604-29…
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Top things to do in London: visiting the old palace of Westminster
With the Restoration and Renewal project in full swing in Westminster, offices are moving and buildings are being re-purposed to…