Civil Wars
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Averting the prorogation of Parliament, May 1641
In light of the attempt of the current government to prorogue Parliament, we thought it would be appropriate to offer…
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Sir Francis Knollys: The Grand Old Man of the Long Parliament
In earlier centuries politics might be seen as a young man’s game, but here Dr Andrew Barclay of the House…
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St George’s day in York: an invitation from Charles I, 1642
Continuing with our patron saints blog series, Dr Vivienne Larminie, Assistant Editor of our House of Commons 1640-1660 project, explores…
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How long is a Parliament?
In this blog for the ‘Named Parliaments’ series, Dr Paul Hunneyball, Associate Editor of the House of Lords 1604-29 project,…
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St David’s Day: ?The First Welsh Republican
For those of you who have been waiting with bated breath for another blog from our resident Welshman and History…
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Execution of Charles I – ?‘King-killer’: the Making of a Regicide
In the fourth in our series on the tumultuous events of the winter of 1648-9, and following on from the…
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No deal: Pride’s Purge and retreat from settlement
As MPs prepare to vote over whether or not to accept the Brexit deal negotiated by Theresa May, we have…
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Crucible of revolution: Parliament, Putney, and the politics of settlement in the Autumn of 1647
Ahead of tonight’s special edition of our IHR Parliaments, Politics and People Seminar in aid of UK Parliament Week (‘One person,…
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Parliament, Politics and People: The politics of impressment, 1639-41: a Gloucestershire microhistory
Today’s blog is a summary from Sonia Tycko, PhD. candidate from Harvard University about the paper that she presented, as part…
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Art, power and money: the sale of Charles I’s art collection
On Tuesday of this week – 30th January – we observed the anniversary of the regicide, the execution of Charles…
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Unlikely Parliamentarians 5: William Neast, Civil War religious radical
This week is Parliament Week, a programme of events and activities that connects people across the UK with Parliament and…
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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…