Tag Archives: Oliver Cromwell

Crashing out of Monarchy: February 1649 and the making of the English republic

Posted on February 7, 2019 by

For the final blog in our series on the events during the winter of 1648-9, Dr Patrick Little of the House of Commons 1640-1660 section considers the transition from monarchy to republic after the execution of Charles I…  After the dramatic events of December 1648 … Continue reading →

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Execution of Charles I – ‘King-killer’: the Making of a Regicide

Posted on January 30, 2019 by

In the fourth in our series on the tumultuous events of the winter of 1648-9, and following on from the trial of Charles I, we turn now to the consequence of a guilty verdict.  Dr Patrick Little of the House … Continue reading →

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Delivering justice: the sovereignty of the people, God’s judgement and the trial of Charles I

Posted on January 8, 2019 by

As twists and turns in the Brexit debates at Westminster continue, in the third in our series on the momentous events of the winter of 1648-1649 Dr Vivienne Larminie of the House of Commons 1640-1660 section looks at the contentious … Continue reading →

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Voting and not voting in Cromwellian Scotland

Posted on November 30, 2018 by

Today, on St Andrew’s Day we have a Scotland themed blog from Dr Patrick Little of the House of Commons 1640-1660 Section as part of our Patron Saints series. He discusses voting in Cromwellian Scotland… Nowadays the Scots have the … Continue reading →

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Gout and the political career of Lord Broghill

Posted on June 14, 2018 by

Today’s blog from Dr Patrick Little of the Commons 1640-1660 Section sees the return of our focus on health, medicine and Parliament. Patrick discusses the detrimental effect of gout on the career of Lord Broghill in the mid-seventeenth century… Roger … Continue reading →

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MPs as art collectors in the 1650s

Posted on April 10, 2018 by

As the Royal Academy’s Charles I: King and Collector exhibition comes to a close, Andrew Barclay, Senior Research Fellow with the Commons 1640-1660 Section, considers how a number of the king’s paintings passed into the collections formed by MPs of … Continue reading →

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Parliaments, Politics & People Seminar: Alan Marshall, The political ideas and parliamentary career of Thomas Scot, regicide, 1645-1660

Posted on February 21, 2017 by

Today Dr Alan Marshall (Bath Spa University) reports back from his last ‘Parliaments, Politics and People’ seminar paper: The political ideas and parliamentary career of Thomas Scot, regicide, 1645-1660… This paper’s general aim was to briefly survey some of the … Continue reading →

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