Diarmaid MacCulloch and Peter Lake in Suffolk
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Robert Ashton, The English Civil War (1978)
I began reading Robert Ashton's book again last evening after a gap of many years. I had forgotten the high quality of his writing in his later years at the UEA and his acute appreciation of the contours of Court and Country culture in the early Stuart period. Interestingly, he had some sharp points to make about the excessive attention given to the Levellers and Diggers in the historiography of the 1640s, attention inspired in part, he suggested, by modern political apprehensions. There is something in this observation in my view but I should be interested to learn what others think on thi s issue.
Lloyd Bowen's seminar paper at the IHR on 14th May, 2026: Speech, stereotypes and the making of political division in England, 1641-42
Speech, stereotypes and the making of political division in England, 1641-42 Date 14 May 2026, 17:30 to 14 May 2026, 19:00 Venue Hybrid | Online & IHR Pollard Seminar Room, N301, Third Floor, IHR, Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU
IHR seminar paper on 30th April, 2026
Melissa Glass's forthcoming seminar paper at the Institute of Historical Research on 30th April, 2026 'Major George Strangways versus John Fussell, Attorney at Law: A Tale of Sequestration, Litigation, and Murder in Interregnum England Date 30 Apr 2026, 17:30 to 30 Apr 2026, 19:00 Venue Hybrid | Online & IHR Seminar Room N304, Third Floor, IHR, Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU