Pax Britannica: A History of the British Empire

02.12 - The Second Bishops' War

Jan 3, 2021

31:22

The fragile peace finally breaks, and Alexander Leslie leads the Army of the Covenant into England. The Scots go out of their way to avoid violence against the English population, determined to keep their southern neighbours on their side. Charles' ill-prepared army musters to stop them.

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For this episode, I found the following publications particularly useful:

Adams, Goodare, Scotland in the Age of Two Revolutions
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Smith, David, The Stuart Parliaments, 1603-1689
Alexia Grosjean, Steve Murdoch, Alexander Leslie and the Scottish generals of the Thirty Years' War, 1618-1648
Steve Murdoch (ed), Scotland and the Thirty Years' War