

Pax Britannica: A History of the British Empire
Samuel Hume
Pax Britannica is a narrative history podcast covering the empire upon which the sun never set. Shortlisted for the 2023 Independent Podcast Awards, Pax Britannica follows the events which created an empire that dominated the globe. Hosted by Dr Samuel Hume, a historian of British Imperial history, Pax Britannica aims to explain the rise and eventual fall of the largest empire in history. After all, how peaceful was the 'British Peace'?
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Mar 21, 2021 • 29min
02.17 - A Peaceful Land, A Quiet People?
Check out the podcast websiteCheck out Pax Britannica Merch!Facebook | Twitter | Patreon | DonateFor this episode, I found the following publications particularly useful:
Kishlansky, M, Monarchy Transformed
Macinnes, Allan, The British Revolution, 1629-1660
Harris, T. Rebellion
M. Perceval-Maxwell, The Outbreak of the Irish Rebellion Of 1641
Jane Ohlmeyer, Micheál Ó Siochrú, Ireland, 1641: Contexts and Reactions
Micheál Ó Siochrú, God’s Executioner: Oliver Cromwell and the Conquest of Ireland
Tim Harris, Rebellion
Mark Kishlansky, A Monarchy Transformed
John Cunningham, ‘Politics, 1641-1660’, Cambridge History of Ireland
David Edwards, ‘Political Change and Social Transformation, 1603-1641’, Cambridge History of Ireland
John Jeremiah Cronin and Padraig Lenihan, ‘Wars of Religion, 1641-1691’, Cambridge History of Ireland
Diane Purkiss, The English Civil War
Joseph Cope, ‘The Irish Rising’, in Michael J. Braddick. The Oxford Handbook of the English Revolution
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Mar 18, 2021 • 1h 12min
ScotRev | Defining Revolution with Prof. Julian Goodare
I discuss how we describe revolutions with Prof. GoodareProf. Goodare's Staff ProfileCheck out the podcast websiteCheck out Pax Britannica Merch!Facebook | Twitter | Patreon | Donate Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mar 11, 2021 • 1h 42min
ScotRev | Covenanted Interests across Three Kingdoms with Dr Kirsteen MacKenzie
The Solemn League and Covenant of the Three Kingdoms and the Cromwellian Union, 1643-1663: https://www.routledge.com/The-Solemn-League-and-Covenant-of-the-Three-Kingdoms-and-the-Cromwellian/Mackenzie/p/book/9781409418696 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mar 4, 2021 • 47min
ScotRev | Covenanting Identity in the Cromwellian Occupation with Dr Mikki Brock
‘Keeping the Covenant in Cromwellian Scotland: https://www.euppublishing.com/doi/abs/10.3366/shr.2020.0488Dr Brock’s website: https://www.mdbrock.com/Mapping the Scottish Reformation: https://mappingthescottishreformation.org/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Feb 28, 2021 • 36min
02.16 - The Incident
Check out the podcast websiteCheck out Pax Britannica Merch!Facebook | Twitter | Patreon | DonateFor this episode, I found the following publications particularly useful:
Robertson, Barry, Royalists at War in Scotland and Ireland, 1638-1650
Kishlansky, M, Monarchy Transformed
Macinnes, Allan, The British Revolution, 1629-1660
Harris, T. Rebellion
Adams, Goodare, Scotland in the Age of Two Revolutions
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
Cowan, E. J., Montrose: For Covenant and King.
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Feb 25, 2021 • 40min
ScotRev | Protestantism, Revolution, and Scottish Political Thought with Dr Karie Schultz
The British School at RomeResearch in Scottish History PodcastFollow Dr Schultz on TwitterCheck out the podcast websiteCheck out Pax Britannica Merch!Facebook | Twitter | Patreon | Donate Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Feb 18, 2021 • 48min
ScotRev | The Kirk, the Covenanters, and the Revolution with Dr Chris Langley
The National Covenant in Scotland, 1638-1689 - Use code BB870 for a %40 discountMapping the Scottish ReformationDr Langley's PublicationsCheck out the podcast websiteCheck out Pax Britannica Merch!Facebook | Twitter | Patreon | Donate Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Feb 11, 2021 • 39min
ScotRev | Scottish Royalism during the British Civil Wars with Dr Andrew Lind
The National Covenant in Scotland, 1638-1689 - Use code BB870 for a %40 discountBattle in the Burgh: Glasgow during the British Civil Wars, c.1638-1651Follow Dr Lind on TwitterCheck out the podcast websiteCheck out Pax Britannica Merch!Facebook | Twitter | Patreon | Donate Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Feb 11, 2021 • 7min
ScotRev | Introducing the Scottish Revolution Interview Series
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Feb 7, 2021 • 26min
02.15 - The Root and Branch Reforms
Now that the champions of Personal Rule have been dealt with, Parliament takes aim at the mechanisms which kept the Eleven Years Tyranny in force. Star Chamber and High Commission are on the chopping block, and the bishops themselves are at risk.Check out the podcast website: https://www.paxbritannica.infoCheck out Pax Britannica Merch! https://teespring.com/stores/pax-britannicaFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/PodBritannica/Twitter: https://twitter.com/BritannicaPaxPatreon: https://Patreon.com/PaxBritannicaDonate: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=8E2QUGEYZPBHLFor this episode, I found the following publications particularly useful:
Russell, C The Causes of the English Civil War
Kishlansky, M, Monarchy Transformed
Macinnes, Allan, The British Revolution, 1629-1660
Harris, T. Rebellion
Keynon, Ohlmeyer, The Civil Wars
Smith, David, The Stuart Parliaments, 1603-1689
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