Oliver Cromwell
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Silence and Laughter in the Cromwellian House of Commons
On our blog we have often heard about the origins of the many strange and enduring traditions that exist within…
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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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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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Religion, relief and the ‘slaughtered saints’: foreign aid in the seventeenth century
As modern-day discussions on how best to help nations across the world fight the COVID-19 pandemic continue, in today’s blog…
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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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Three Bog-Standard Cromwellian Elections: Co. Cork and its boroughs in 1654
We’re continuing our monthly local history case-studies in 2021 and for the first locality this year we’re turning our attention…
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Cancelling Christmas? William Prynne, kill-joy and martyr, and the onslaught on ‘pagan Saturnalia’
With the government currently recommending scaled-back Christmas celebrations, due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Dr Vivienne Larminie, assistant editor of our…
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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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Wigs on roundheads: puritans, peruques and powder under Oliver Cromwell
In our latest blog, Dr Patrick Little of the House of Commons 1640-1660 section challenges one of the lingering stereotypes…
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Voting and not voting in Cromwellian Scotland
Today, on St Andrew’s Day we have a Scotland themed blog from Dr Patrick Little of the House of Commons…
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Writing Parliamentary Biography, the Commons 1640-1660. Part 4: Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658), the Parliament making, Parliament breaking MP
In the final of his four-part series, Dr Stephen Roberts, editor of the Commons 1640-60 section, discusses parliament’s most famous…
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The ‘Story of Parliament’: Civil War leaders
Earlier this year the History published ‘The Story of Parliament: Celebrating 750 years of parliament in Britain’ to mark the…