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One of our followers asked last week about the different English Parliaments in the 1640s/50s - it can get very confusing, so here's a simple(ish) guide to the different ones - also follow our friends at @HistParl for more information too! 😀
#17thCentury #Parliament Thread 1/10
#17thCentury #Parliament Thread 1/10
Charles I dismissed Parliament in 1629, ruling without it for 11 years. Embroiled in the Bishop's Wars with Scotland he recalled Parliament in February 1640. Members used it to air their grievances, so Charles dismissed it after 3 weeks - so becoming the 'Short Parliament'. 2/10
Still in need of money Charles was forced to call Parliament again in November 1640. This would become the 'Long Parliament', which stipulated it could only be dissolved with its own consent. Technically it sat in some form until March 1660! 3/10
Hear ye! 'Tis time for The Seventeenth Century Lady's 2020 Advent Calendar 🎄!
Behind Door No. 1...a taste of some of the delightful musical instruments at the Ashmolean Museum! (my photo)
Learn more: ashmolean.org/musical-instru…
Behind Door No. 1...a taste of some of the delightful musical instruments at the Ashmolean Museum! (my photo)
Learn more: ashmolean.org/musical-instru…
'Tis time for Day 2 of The Seventeenth Century Lady's 2020 Advent Calendar 🎄🎅!
Behind Door No. 2...
Linard Gontier's stained glass, 'The Life of St Anne', 1623.
Saint-Pierre-Saint-Paul Cathedral, Troyes.
Behind Door No. 2...
Linard Gontier's stained glass, 'The Life of St Anne', 1623.
Saint-Pierre-Saint-Paul Cathedral, Troyes.
❄Hear ye! 'Tis time for Day 3 of The Seventeenth Century Lady's 2020 Advent Calendar 🎄🎅!
Behind Door No. 3...❄
A silver-gilt vase with cover (one of a pair), British, 1675–76.
🏛 Met Museum, NYC. #17thCentury #KeepItStuart
Behind Door No. 3...❄
A silver-gilt vase with cover (one of a pair), British, 1675–76.
🏛 Met Museum, NYC. #17thCentury #KeepItStuart
We're delighted to now have tickets on sale for our Winter Lecture Series, which this year will be held online. We're very grateful to have a great range of speakers and subjects talk on different aspects of #17thCentury history! 😀Thread 1/6
On Wednesday 13 January historian @_paullay will be talking about 'Providence Lost: Cromwell's Western Design', the story of Cromwell's disastrous attempt to seize Spain's Caribbean territories and its impacts - more details at: eventbrite.co.uk/e/providence-l… Thread 2/6
On Wednesday 20 January historian @17thCenturyLady will be talking about 'Sex and Sexuality in Stuart England', providing a peek beneath the bedsheets of 17th century folk and saucy secrets of the Royal Stuarts. More details at: eventbrite.co.uk/e/sex-and-sexu… Thread 3/6
Oliver #Cromwell is popularly believed to have been the leader of the Parliamentary cause, the 'Roundheads', during the #EnglishCivilWar. But was this really the case - has his importance for much of this period been exaggerated? Follow this thread to find out! #17thCentury 1/8
At the start of the Civil War #Cromwell was in modern terms a 'backbench MP', a very minor figure in the House of Commons. The leaders there for the Parliamentary cause were the likes of John Pym and John Hampden; the Earls of Essex & Manchester led in the House of Lords. 2/8
Likewise militarily #Cromwell was a very minor figure at the start of the Civil War in 1642, a junior cavalry officer with no military experience. Others such as the Earls of Essex, the Earl of Manchester and Sir William Waller commanded Parliament's armies at this time. 3/8
We're often asked if there was any connection between Thomas #Cromwell and Oliver Cromwell (many people even confuse the confuse the two). The answer is yes - the two men were related. This thread will explain how with a quick guide to the #CromwellFamily #Tudors #17thCentury 1/7
Thomas Cromwell was chief minister to #HenryVIII 1532-40. His sister Katherine Cromwell had married Morgan Williams, a Welsh lawyer. Their son Richard (c.1502-44) became a protege of Thomas, serving as a commissioner in the Dissolution of the Monasteries and as a soldier. 2/7
Richard Williams prospered, given property in Huntingdon by Henry VIII, as High Sheriff & an MP. By his death he called himself Richard Cromwell - as there was no formal way to change names for generations after the Cromwells signed legal documents 'Cromwell, alias Williams' 3/7
