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Royalist Composition
I have been doing some work with the Royalist Composition Papers lately, so I thought I would discuss what I’ve learned so far. I haven’t found a guide beyond what is in the introduction … more →
Gilbert Mabbott
Constitutional Monarchy: A New Political Order for the 17th Century
ewreynolds wrote 1 month ago: Amid the smoke of the Scottish Bishops’ Wars, the Long Parliament was formed on the 3rd of November, … more →
Royalist Composition
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gilbertmabbott wrote 4 months ago: I have been doing some work with the Royalist Composition Papers lately, so I thought I would discus … more →
In Defense of 'Arcadia'
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danhartland wrote 6 months ago: Happier Days for Phil Last week I wrote about the use of the work of John Adamson in Adam Nicolson … more →
Nicolson and Adamson: Fair Use in Arcadia
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danhartland wrote 6 months ago: Philip Herbert, 4th Earl of Pembroke Adam Nicolson’s lucidly written Arcadia is not a book abo … more →
Maybe Cromwell has something to offer our current Government
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Tony wrote 11 months ago: During the tumult of the English Civil War, the so-called Long Parliament summoned by Charles I to p … more →
Mabbott the Visitor
gilbertmabbott wrote 11 months ago: I’ve finally rebegun my work on collecting licensing statistics for Mabbott’s second ter … more →
Learning from History.
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the watchmen wrote 1 year ago: Think on This: The Speech by Oliver Cromwell, when he dissolved the Long Parliament: “It is hi … more →
Newsletters finis
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gilbertmabbott wrote 1 year ago: I finally finished transcribing the Mabbott-Hull newsletters a little while ago. I thought I would … more →
A little more of the who and why of news
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gilbertmabbott wrote 1 year ago: So I followed up a footnote in Alastair Bellany’s The Politics of Court Scandal in Early Moder … more →
"Please sir, get out of your chair"
gilbertmabbott wrote 1 year ago: Another one of those days that I feel like I did a lot and then had very little to show for it at th … more →
The dog ate my homework
Nick wrote 1 year ago: Found while reading Blair Worden’s The Rump Parliament: the excuse of Sir Peter Wentworth, MP … more →
England, teaching, and Los Angeles
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gilbertmabbott wrote 1 year ago: So I’m back in the United States. I’m actually at the Clark Library in Los Angeles righ … more →
Why the Puritans persecuted Quakers
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thehistoricpresent wrote 1 year ago: It seems simple enough: the Puritans believed Quakers were heretics. In fact, anyone who was not an … more →
May 1648
gilbertmabbott wrote 1 year ago: I’ve been noticing that H. Becke seems to have become a useful Army printer. He tends only to … more →
The Lilburne Infection and more on Walker and Mabbott
gilbertmabbott wrote 1 year ago: I found another pamphlet with folks locked up in the Tower with Lilburne borrowing some of his argum … more →
Strange Things in the Archives
gilbertmabbott wrote 1 year ago: This is strange if not unknown. When Sir John Maynard was imprisoned in 1647, he connected with Joh … more →
