Protectorate parliaments
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The History of Parliament, House of Commons, 1640-60: a roundtable discussion
Ahead of next Tuesday’s Parliaments, Politics and People roundtable seminar, we hear from Alex Beeton and Patrick Little of the History of…
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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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Breaching the guidelines: clerical MPs in the mid-seventeenth century
As the country grapples with interpreting the rules of the Covid-19 lockdown, Dr Vivienne Larminie of our Commons 1640-1660 section…
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Welsh Electoral Arithmetic, 1640-1660
As today is St David’s day, and in preparation for the upcoming ‘Parliaments, Politics and People’ seminar in which Rhodri…