‘Cromwellian Court Culture’: a talk by Patrick Little

10-06-26 - 10-06-26,
7:30 PM - 9:00 PM

Admission: ££6.50 Adults, £5.00 Students/Museum Members

Location: Via Zoom

What was the court of Cromwell as Lord Protector like? Was it like the royal courts of the period?

The popular image of the court of Oliver Cromwell is that it was an austere place to be compared to the royal courts of the Stuart kings. But was this really the case? Looking at the art, culture, architecture and protocol of the Protectorate court as part of this talk may give a very different view.

Dr Patrick Little is Senior Research Fellow at the History of Parliament Trust. His research has concentrated on the political history of Ireland in the mid-seventeenth century, and he has published extensively on the Cromwellian Protectorate, including studies of Oliver Cromwell as Lord Protector, the Protectorate Parliaments, and the government of Ireland and Scotland. Recently his research has expanded to include the Church of Ireland and its relationship with the Irish Protestant community.

This talk will be recorded and put on a private channel after the 'live talk' for ticket holders to view at their leisure if they miss the live talk or wish to view them again.

This talk is part of a four part lecture series; for season tickets please click here.

We are delighted to welcome over four successive Wednesdays:

Wednesday 20 May at 7.30pm – Dr Ismini Pells on ‘Cromwell's Centurion: Philip Skippon and Oliver Cromwell’

Wednesday 27 May at 7.30pm – Professor Richard Blakemore on 'Robert Blake and the English Empire in the 1650s'

Wednesday 3 June at 7.30pm – Simon Marsh on ‘Artillery in Battle during the First Civil War 1642–1646’

Wednesday 10 June at 7.30pm – Dr Patrick Little on ‘Cromwellian Court Culture’

Click on the titles for more information and individual bookings.

PLEASE NOTE: These talks will be held online via Zoom. Joining details will be sent 48 hours before the talk.

Admission: £24 Adults (for 4 talks), £18 for students/Museum Members (for 4 talks); for individual talks £6.50 Adults, £5 students/Museum Members.

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