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The House of Lords presented the stage on which some of the critical confrontations in English and British constitutional and political history were played out in the late seventeenth and early eighteenth century. Published for the History of Parliament Trust.

France, India and the revolt of the American colonies all had an impact on the business of the House during the second half of the eighteenth century, as detailed in these volumes of the History of Parliament.

Contains 2,668 biographical articles and 241 constituency articles. The biographies include many of the powerful political figures of Elizabeth's reign, such as Sir William Cecil, Sir Robert Dudley, Sir Amias Paulet, Thomas Sackville and Sir Christopher Hatton, as well as the middling figures like Laurence Tomson and Richard Topcliffe.

Presents a 4-volume set that contains biographies of 3,175 individuals who sat in the House of Commons in the 14th and 15th centuries. This book presents the contrast between the code of chivalrous conduct and the reality of military service; the competitive pursuit of wealthy heiresses; the relations between the laity and the Church; and more.

The most comprehensive and complete study ever compiled about the turbulent period of the English and British Civil Wars and their aftermath.