Galleries

Citizen or subject?
1066-1625

Making history
Domesday book
Magna Carta

Citizenship 1066-1625

Peasants' Revolt

Cecily Neville - 'queen by right'
Medieval women

Union of crowns
James VI of Scotland and I of England

Local history: Birmingham 1066-1625

Rise of Parliament
1625-1789

Making history
Death warrant of Charles I1689
Bill of Rights

Citizenship 1625-1789

Highland clearances

Uniting the kingdom?
Act of Union with Scotland 1707

John Lilburne - Leveller leader
Politics of the English Civil War

Local history: Birmingham 1625-1789

The struggle for democracy
1789-1906

Making history
Inquiry into the slave trade 1792
Poor Law Amendment Act 1834

Citizenship 1789-1906

Britain and the French Revolution

Child labour

John Lovell and the People's Charter
Parliamentary & electoral reform

Local history: Birmingham 1789-1906

Brave new world
1906-2003

Making history
Representation of the People Act 1918
Beveridge Report

Citizenship 1906-2003

Postwar immigration

Civil and human rights

Edward Heath- European citizen

Local history: Birmingham 1906-65

Document studies

Origins and growth of Parliament

Document studies

Taxation

Document studies

Trade unionism

Getting the vote

Document studies

The welfare state

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