Next month the History of Parliament will publish our first set of volumes focussing on the House of Lords. Covering the period 1660-1715, this five-volume work is now available for pre-order at Cambridge University Press, at a special pre-publication price. This month we’re publishing a series of blogposts inspired by research from the volumes.
In the second of this series, Dr Robin Eagles discusses a ‘noble’ phenomenon prevalent in this period: the duel…
In mid-January 1668 news circulated of a spectacular duel fought between the duke of Buckingham, backed by two seconds, and the earl of Shrewsbury, similarly supported. At the end of the affray one of the seconds (Captain Jenkins) was dead on the field and Shrewsbury severely injured with a sword thrust through the body, resulting in his death a few weeks later. None of the combatants left the place uninjured. The cause of the quarrel…
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