Military history
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China on the Hustings: The Arrow Affair and British Identity during the 1857 General Election
At the IHR Parliaments, Politics and People seminar on Tuesday 20 October, Frederick Hyde of the University of Southampton, will…
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Philosopher and warmonger: Lord Herbert of Cherbury reconsidered
In this article, Dr David Scott explores the surprisingly aggressive side of a famous aristocratic philosopher … In an era…
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Lonely voices crying in the wilderness: the bishops who opposed the American war
In the latest post for the Georgian Lords, Dr Charles Littleton considers the role of a minority of the bishops…
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Correcting the record: conciliation and reconciliation over America in 1776
Just a few months before the Declaration of Independence, last minute efforts were made to reconcile Britain and the American…
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The Politics of Illness, Part 1: Francis Russell, 4th earl of Bedford, 1640-1
In the first of a short series, Dr Patrick Little of the 1640-60 Lords section, discusses how illness undermined a compromise between…
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‘One of the greatest Rugby players who ever sat in the House’: Pat Munro MP
With the 2026 Six Nations Championship in full swing, our latest article from Dr Kathryn Rix looks at one of…
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The true beginning of troubles? The Parliament of Bats, 1426
Dr Hannes Kleineke explores the acrimonious ‘Parliament of Bats’, which first met in Leicester on this day 600 years ago,…
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Putting ‘spirit in the conduct of the war’: the November 1775 government reshuffle
In his last post for the Georgian Lords, From bills to bullets: Spring 1775 and the approach to war in…
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A Lancastrian City? Coventry and the Wars of the Roses, 1451-1471
This piece is in memory of Professor Peter W. Fleming, who died in April 2025. His publishing career spanned 40…
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MPs and the Second World War
Ahead of Remembrance Day, and with 2025 marking 80 years since the end of the Second World War, Dr Kathryn…
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‘Confirmation of the People’s Rights’: commemorating the ‘Glorious Revolution’ of 1688
For many, the beginning of November means the advent of longer nights as the year winds down to Christmas. Some…
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From Lancaster to York and back again: the political evolution of the Derbyshire Blounts
Dr Simon Payling, of our Commons 1461-1504 section, explores the fortunes and shifting loyalties of one gentry family in Derbyshire during…