Church of England
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‘The strangest bill that ever I heard…’: Bishop Joseph Hall, the Church of England and the Long Parliament, 1640-1642
Dr Vivienne Larminie explores the political career of one of the most influential mid-seventeenth century bishops As the House of…
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John Potter, an unusual Archbishop of Canterbury
In the latest blog for the Georgian Lords, Dr Robin Eagles examines the career of one of the lesser known…
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Episcopalians, puritans, presbyterians and sectaries: contesting the Church of England in the mid seventeenth century
If you visualize religious history in the 1640s and 1650s as a blanket triumph of puritanism, think again. As Dr…
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Seven Jobs for Seven Brothers: The case of Bishop Reynolds of Lincoln
In the latest blog for the Georgian Lords, Dr Stuart Handley considers the case of Bishop Reynolds of Lincoln, one…
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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 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 Cavalier Parliament
Our ‘Named Parliaments’ series continues. Today Paul Seaward, British Academy/Wolfson Research Professor at the History of Parliament Trust explores the…
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Samuel Peploe: scourge of the Jacobites?
In the latest blog for the Georgian Lords, Dr Stuart Handley, examines the career of the fierce anti-Jacobite clergyman, Samuel…
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“Dismal” – Daniel Finch, 2nd earl of Nottingham
In this latest post for the Georgian Lords, Dr Stuart Handley, senior research fellow in the House of Lords 1715-90…
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When is a degree, not a degree?
In the latest blog for the Georgian Lords, Dr Stuart Handley, senior research fellow for the Lords 1715-90 section, considers…
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Parliaments, Politics & People seminar: Miles Taylor, ‘Ritualism from below: St Stephen’s crypt, Westminster and its uses, c.1865-1955’
Our ‘Parliaments, politics and people’ seminar returned last week for a new academic year! Here’s our first report of the…