Category Archives: religious history

Fasting and political crises in the 1640s: no beer ‘till the publike exercises and religious duties … be past and over’

Posted on March 26, 2019 by

As Parliament engages in momentous decision-making about the future of the country, Dr Vivienne Larminie of the House of Commons 1640-1660 section marks the season of Lent with consideration of the solemn and austere approach of early modern Parliaments to … Continue reading →

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Bolingbroke’s Reflections upon Exile

Posted on March 7, 2019 by

For our latest blog @GeorgianLords welcomes Dr Max Skjönsberg (St Andrews) offering some insights into the early philosophical writings of Viscount Bolingbroke, written during the period of his first exile from Britain and after his unhappy involvement with the Jacobite … Continue reading →

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Samuel Peploe: scourge of the Jacobites?

Posted on January 10, 2019 by

In the latest blog for the Georgian Lords, Dr Stuart Handley, examines the career of the fierce anti-Jacobite clergyman, Samuel Peploe, whose tub-thumping sermons against the rebels in 1715 helped gain him promotion in the early Georgian church. Samuel Peploe … Continue reading →

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When is a degree, not a degree?

Posted on June 5, 2018 by

In the latest blog for the Georgian Lords, Dr Stuart Handley, senior research fellow for the Lords 1715-90 section, considers the topical issue of university degrees and the need for appropriate qualifications in the early eighteenth century. University degrees are … Continue reading →

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Bishops and Popular Opinion in the Era of Catholic Emancipation and the Reform Bill

Posted on February 22, 2018 by

Today’s post is a guest blog from PhD candidate Nicholas Dixon of Pembroke College, University of Cambridge. Nicholas shares this blog on the back of his paper from the ‘Parliaments and Popular Sovereignty: Political Representation in the British world, 1640-1886’ conference. … Continue reading →

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Parliament, the French church and ‘illegal’ worship

Posted on November 29, 2017 by

Following the recent publication of her edited volume ‘Huguenot Networks’, Dr Vivienne Larminie, Senior Research Fellow in the Commons 1640-60 Section, discusses how the Huguenot French church in Westminster offered MPs and peers an opportunity to breach their own legislation … Continue reading →

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St Bartholomew and the Huguenots

Posted on August 24, 2017 by

On this day 1572 Europe was shocked by the anti-Protestant violence in Paris which came to be known as the St Bartholomew’s day massacre. In today’s blog and as a preview of her forthcoming volume of essays, Huguenot Networks, Dr … Continue reading →

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