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Pax Britannica: A History of the British Empire

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Feb 11, 2021 • 7min

ScotRev | Introducing the Scottish Revolution Interview Series

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Feb 7, 2021 • 27min

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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Jan 24, 2021 • 41min

02.14 - A Wolf by the Ears

Thomas Wentworth faces his trial for treason.Listen to Revolution 1: https://pod.link/1547107431Listen to Historical Blindness: https://pod.link/1163575703Check out the podcast website: https://www.paxbritannica.infoFacebook: 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 Learner, Craig S., 'Impeachment, Attainder, and a true Constitutional Crisis: Lessons from the Strafford Trial', The University of Chicago Law Review The Earl of Strafford's Final Speeches: https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=Ie87AQAAMAAJ&pg=GBS.PP1 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Jan 14, 2021 • 1h 6min

Bonus - The East India Company with Dr David Veevers

Follow Dr Veevers on TwitterBuy The Origins of the British Empire in Asia HERECheck out the podcast website: https://www.paxbritannica.infoFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/PodBritannica/Twitter: https://twitter.com/BritannicaPaxPatreon: https://Patreon.com/PaxBritannicaDonate: https://www.paypal.com/donate?token=o8YvWF6xKTcsS1U7xAzp2EqmYBGR5vQJwvIwI4VqZk4jXzM7iczctH2l9Yo9u0RcApBuid5Ojv9Qsemh Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Jan 12, 2021 • 28min

02.13 - ‘The Root of All Our Calamities’

After the disaster of the Second Bishops' War, the English Parliament gathers once again. Prisoners are released, and new ones take their place - Archbishop William Laud, and Thomas Wentworth, the Earl of Strafford.Listen to Pontifacts: https://pod.link/1387540364Listen to the Explorer's Podcast: https://pod.link/1161063301Check out the podcast website: https://www.paxbritannica.infoFacebook: 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Jan 7, 2021 • 1h 1min

Bonus - Cromwell's Protectorate with Paul Lay

Buy Providence Lost HEREAttend the Western Design talk on 13/01/2021 HERE Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Jan 3, 2021 • 31min

02.12 - The Second Bishops' War

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.Listen to 10 American Presidents: https://pod.link/958858173Listen to the History of the Netherlands: https://pod.link/1455131158Check out the podcast website: https://www.paxbritannica.infoFacebook: 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: Adams, Goodare, Scotland in the Age of Two Revolutions 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 James Miller, ‘The Scottish mercenary as a migrant labourer in Europe, 1550-1650’, in Erik-Jan Zürcher (ed), Fighting for a Living Book Subtitle: A Comparative Study of Military Labour 1500-2000 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Dec 27, 2020 • 47min

Bonus - Sir Thomas Fairfax by CavalierCast

In this episode, CavalierCast host Mark Turnbull speaks to 3 expert guests about the overshadowed Sir Thomas Fairfax, General of Parliament's New Model Army. Professor Andrew Hopper, Colonel Nick Lipscombe and MJ Logue discuss why he isn't better remembered, along with: Fairfax's family, military experience and the events he shaped. Reasons behind his appointment as General of the New Model Army. How instrumental he was in Parliament's ultimate victory. His 300 poems and poetic side. To find out more about the civil war, you can read various articles relating to it on my blog: http://www.allegianceofblood.comPlease do subscribe to CavalierCast! You can keep on touch with the host on Twitter (@1642author) and Facebook (www.Facebook.com/markturnbullauthor). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Dec 20, 2020 • 41min

Bonus - The Ancient Britons by the Early Stuart England Podcast

A guest episode from the Early Stuart England Podcast! The King's Welsh subjects rally to his cause, turning the western borderlands into one of the key strategic theatres of the war.Listen to the show here: https://pod.link/1405626360 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Nov 4, 2020 • 31min

02.11 - Hearts and Minds

With the Short Parliament dissolved, Charles raises a new army as best he can without English taxation. But across the kingdom, resentment and unrest spreads, and unpopular officers and Laudian churches face the consequences. Fanning the flames were an endless stream of Covenanter propaganda, circulated along Puritan networks and plastered across towns and cities, while the Royalists mount their own campaign for public opinion.Listen to Human Circus HERE: https://pod.link/1194921513Check out the podcast websiteCheck out Pax Britannica Merch!Facebook | Twitter | Patreon | DonateFor this episode, I found the following publications particularly useful: Adams, Goodare, Scotland in the Age of Two Revolutions 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 James Miller, ‘The Scottish mercenary as a migrant labourer in Europe, 1550-1650’, in Erik-Jan Zürcher (ed), Fighting for a Living Book Subtitle: A Comparative Study of Military Labour 1500-2000 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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