Social history
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Parliaments, Politics and People seminar: Kayleigh Milden, ‘From the Grassroots: An oral history of community politics in Devon.’
Reporting back from our latest ‘Parliaments, politics and people‘ seminar – our ‘From the Grassroots’ project co-ordinator, Dr Kayleigh Milden,…
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Sir Edward Coke, Magna Carta, and 17th century rebellion
In the latest in our ongoing series celebrating the anniversaries of Magna Carta and Simon de Montfort’s Parliament, Professor George…
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Early Modern ideas about Parliament’s origins
Our series celebrating the anniversaries of Magna Carta and Simon de Montfort’s Parliament continues today. Dr Paul Cavill, Lecturer in…
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The youngest MP since…?
Following the election of Mhairi Black last week, many of you have asked us about young MPs! Over to our…
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‘Elections and how to fight them’: electioneering a century ago
We continue our series on election campaigning through the centuries today. Dr Kathryn Rix, Assistant Editor of the Victorian Commons,…
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‘Horsham is Lady Irwin’s Borough’: the power of the 18th Century political widow
We continue our series on election campaigning through the centuries today, with an example of the power aristocratic women could…
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Electoral Independence in Tudor England
As the election campaign continues, so does our series of blogposts on historic campaigning. Today, all constituencies are contested and…
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Eleanor de Montfort, countess of Leicester (b. c. 1215-d. c. 1275): A countess and a rebel
Continuing our ongoing series celebrating the anniversaries of Magna Carta and Simon de Montfort’s Parliament, this week’s guest blogpost looks…
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Henry, 4th Lord Willoughby of Parham: an accidental life
In today’s blogpost, Dr Paul Hunneyball, Senior Research Fellow on the Lords 1603-1660 section, shares the story of the mysterious 4th Lord…
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From the Grassroots exhibition launched
We were delighted to formally open our ‘From the Grassroots’ exhibition last week at the Forum, University of Exeter. ‘From…
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Christmas Day in the Commons, 1656
For those of you still working in Christmas week, Dr Stephen Roberts, editor of the Commons 1640-60 section, discusses the…
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George Thomson ‘with the wooden leg’
It’s Disability History Month, and in honour of this year’s theme, ‘War and Impairment: The Social Consequences of Disablement’, Dr…