Off with their heads!
This blog will look at the piece of English law known as an ‘Act of Attainder’. It can be passed for the crime of treason to sentence a person, or multiple people, to death without trial. Attainders date back to …
The Parliamentary Archives Jargon Buster: The Main Papers
This blog was written by Verity Jones, Archives Assistant (Graduate Trainee). For our second jargon busting blog, we’re looking at one of the most unhelpfully named collections in the Parliamentary Archives – the Main Papers. While their name gives little …