Henry VIII
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Processing to Parliament for the state opening in early modern England
Ceremonial processions were a key feature of the state opening of Parliament in the Tudor and early Stuart eras, just…
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From Lancaster to York and back again: the political evolution of the Derbyshire Blounts
Dr Simon Payling, of our Commons 1461-1504 section, explores the fortunes and shifting loyalties of one gentry family in Derbyshire during…
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‘The Story of Parliament’: Thomas Cromwell
Earlier this year the History published ‘The Story of Parliament: Celebrating 750 years of parliament in Britain’ to mark the…
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MPs at the Battle of Flodden
In the run-up to September’s Scottish Independence referendum, we are publishing a series on the relationship between England and Scotland…