Pax Britannica: A History of the British Empire

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April 10, 2022 02.44 - The Witchfinder General
Old grudges and fears come to the fore in Essex, as word spreads that witch-finders roam.
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This episode primarily makes use of the following texts:
- Gaskill, Malcolm, Witchfinders: A Seventeenth Century English Tragedy, (2005)
- Levack, Brian, ‘State-Building and Witch-Hunting’, in Oldridge, Darren (ed.), The Witchcraft Reader, 2002
- Purkiss, DIane, The English Civil War: A People's History, (2007)
- Jackson, Louise, ‘Witches, Wives and Mothers: Witchcraft Persecution and Women’s Confessions in Seventeenth-Century England’, in Oldridge, Darren (ed.), The Witchcraft Reader, 2002

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33 min
April 02, 2022 02.43 - The Hunt Begins
Matthew Hopkins, the infamous Witch-Finder General, begins his campaign through south-eastern England, as we discuss the opening accusations of the greatest and deadliest witch hunt in English history.
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This episode primarily makes use of the following texts:
- Gaskill, Malcolm, Witchfinders: A Seventeenth Century English Tragedy, (2005)
- Levack, Brian, ‘State-Building and Witch-Hunting’, in Oldridge, Darren (ed.), The Witchcraft Reader, 2002
- Purkiss, DIane, The English Civil War: A People's History, (2007)
- Jackson, Louise, ‘Witches, Wives and Mothers: Witchcraft Persecution and Women’s Confessions in Seventeenth-Century England’, in Oldridge, Darren (ed.), The Witchcraft Reader, 2002

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36 min
March 30, 2022 02.42 - The Devil Hath His Chapel
The Witchfinder General, Matthew Hopkins, did not exist in a vacuum. How could this man, who had no formal authority, tour South-East England and not only execute hundreds of 'witches', but find cheering crowds and grateful magistrates waiting for him? Today's episode will examine the possible reasons why the Hopkins witch craze was so exceptional in its scale and brutality.
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This episode primarily made use of the following texts:
- Gaskill, Malcolm, ‘Witchcraft Trials in England’, in Levack, B. P. (ed.) The Oxford Handbook of Witchcraft in Early Modern Europe and Colonial America (Oxford, 2013)
- Levack, Brian, ‘State-Building and Witch-Hunting’, in Oldridge, Darren (ed.), The Witchcraft Reader, 2002
- Elmer, Peter,Witchcraft, Witch-Hunting, and Politics in Early Modern England, (Oxford, 2016)
- Jackson, Louise, ‘Witches, Wives and Mothers: Witchcraft Persecution and Women’s Confessions in Seventeenth-Century England’, in Oldridge, Darren (ed.), The Witchcraft Reader, 2002

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33 min
March 23, 2022 Pax Recommends: History Daily
"On History Daily, we do history, daily. Every weekday host Lindsay Graham (American Scandal, American History Tellers) takes you back in time to explore a momentous moment that happened ‘on this day’ in history. Whether it’s to remember the tragedy of December 7th, 1941, the day “that will live in infamy,” or to celebrate that 20th day in July, 1969, when mankind reached the moon, History Daily is there to tell you the true stories of the people and events that shaped our world—one day at a time."
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35 min
March 20, 202202.41 - The Feigned Mask of Friendship
Opechancanough, paramount chief of the Powhatan Confederacy, launches another surprise attack on Virginia.

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For this episode, I found the following publications particularly useful:
Pestana, Carla, The English Atlantic in an Age of Revolution, 1640-1661, Harvard University Press, 2007
Pestana, Carla, Protestant Empire: Religion and the Making of the British Atlantic World
Montgomery, Dennis. 1607: Jamestown and the New World,
Billings, Warren M., The Old Dominion in the Seventeenth Century : A Documentary History of Virginia, 1606-1700
Ronald L. Heinemann, John G. Kolp, Anthony S. Parent Jr., William G. Shade, Old Dominion, New Commonwealth: A History of Virginia, 1607–2007
Adams, Lars C. '"The Battle of Weyanoke Creek": A Story of the Third Anglo-Powhatan War in Early Carolina.' Native South 6 (2013)
Treaty Ending the Third Anglo-Powhatan War (1646): https://encyclopediavirginia.org/entries/treaty-ending-the-third-anglo-powhatan-war-1646/

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28 min
March 07, 202202.40 - Sitting Out Civil War
With Civil War back home, England's colonies do their best to stay out of it.
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For this episode, I found the following publications particularly useful:
Richard Middleton, Colonial America
Winthrop, John, A History of New England
Pestana, Carla, Protestant Empire: Religion and the Making of the British Atlantic World
Pestana, Carla, The English Atlantic in an Age of Revolution, 1640-1661
Moore, Susan Hardman, Pilgrims: New World Settlers & the Call of Home

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27 min
February 27, 202202.39 - The Master of Scotland
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For this episode, I found the following publications particularly useful:
Kenyon, J. and Ohlmeyer, J., The Civil Wars: A Military History of England, Scotland, and Ireland, 1638-1660.
Hill, J. Michael. “Killiecrankie and the Evolution of Highland Warfare.” War in History, vol. 1, no. 2, 1994,
Michael Braddick. The Oxford Handbook of the English Revolution
Michael Braddick, God's Fury, England's Fire
Nick Lipscombe, The English Civil War: An Atlas and Concise History of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, 1639-51
Peter Gaunt, The English Civil War: A Military History
Blair Worden, The English Civil Wars 1640-1660
The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography

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38 min
February 20, 202202.38 - The Year of Victories
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For this episode, I found the following publications particularly useful:
Kenyon, J. and Ohlmeyer, J., The Civil Wars: A Military History of England, Scotland, and Ireland, 1638-1660.
Hill, J. Michael. “Killiecrankie and the Evolution of Highland Warfare.” War in History, vol. 1, no. 2, 1994,
Michael Braddick. The Oxford Handbook of the English Revolution
Michael Braddick, God's Fury, England's Fire
Nick Lipscombe, The English Civil War: An Atlas and Concise History of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, 1639-51
Peter Gaunt, The English Civil War: A Military History
Blair Worden, The English Civil Wars 1640-1660
The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography

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37 min
February 14, 202202.37 - The Whelps of Calvin
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For this episode, I found the following publications particularly useful:
Kenyon, J. and Ohlmeyer, J., The Civil Wars: A Military History of England, Scotland, and Ireland, 1638-1660.
Michael Braddick. The Oxford Handbook of the English Revolution
Michael Braddick, God's Fury, England's Fire
Nick Lipscombe, The English Civil War: An Atlas and Concise History of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, 1639-51
Peter Gaunt, The English Civil War: A Military History
Blair Worden, The English Civil Wars 1640-1660
The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography

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27 min
February 06, 202202.36 - The War of Three Kingdoms
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For this episode, I found the following publications particularly useful:
Kenyon, J. and Ohlmeyer, J., The Civil Wars: A Military History of England, Scotland, and Ireland, 1638-1660.
Harris, T. Rebellion
Michael Braddick. The Oxford Handbook of the English Revolution
Michael Braddick, God's Fury, England's Fire
Nick Lipscombe, The English Civil War: An Atlas and Concise History of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, 1639-51
Peter Gaunt, The English Civil War: A Military History
David Como, Radical Parliamentarians and the English Civil War
Conrad Russell, The Fall of the British Monarchies 1637-1642
Blair Worden, The English Civil Wars 1640-1660
David Smith, The Stuart Parliaments, 1603-1689

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29 min

About Pax Britannica: A History of the British Empire

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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…