17th Century history
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The Love Life of Oliver Cromwell
In the second of his posts exploring the popular reputation of the lord protector, Dr Patrick Little, senior research fellow…
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Henry Clinton, earl of Lincoln: a peer governed by the underworld?
What’s your image of an Elizabethan nobleman? A grave elder statesmen with a long beard, perhaps, or a dashing young…
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Oliver the red-nosed protector: Cromwell’s physiognomy revisited
In today’s blog we hear from Patrick Little, senior research fellow in our Commons 1640-1660 project, who is looking into…
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Plots, petitions, prelates and popery: Parliament and the tumults of December 1641
December 1641 was a month of high tension in Parliament, as Dr Vivienne Larminie from our Commons 1640-1660 project explores……
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Disability at Court in Early Modern England
As the UK marks Disability History Month over the next few weeks, in today’s blog Dr Andrew Thrush, editor of…
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The good, the bad and the visually memorable: characterising the Commons 1640-1660
With Westminster once more ringing with allegations of corruption, it is as well to recall that MPs have rarely been…
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The Murder of Sir Thomas Overbury, 1613
On our blog today Dr Andrew Thrush, editor of our House of Lords 1558-1603 project, takes a look at an…
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What price a peerage? John Roper and the Jacobean trade in titles and offices
Accusations of political sleaze are on the rise again, but the concept of government insiders profiting from the system is…
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Immigrants and refugees at Westminster: the foreign ancestry of mid-17th century MPs
With refugee crises and immigration back in the news, Dr Vivienne Larminie, assistant editor of our Commons 1640-1660 section, considers…
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What did the Elizabethan House of Lords look like?
This might seem like a simple question but, as Dr Paul Hunneyball of our Lords 1558-1603 project explains, the answer…
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‘The Downe-fall of Dagon’: the post-Reformation campaign against Cheapside Cross
The recent trend of attacks on statues with uncomfortable moral or historical associations is nothing new; Dr Paul Hunneyball of…
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The Great Survivor: Henry Howard, Earl of Northampton, 1540-1614
In today’s blog we hear from Dr Andrew Thrush, editor of our Lords 1558-1603 project, on the elusive career of…