Pax Britannica: A History of the British Empire

By Samuel HumeSociety & Culture Education History

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January 07, 2021 Bonus - Cromwell's Protectorate with Paul Lay

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1 hr 1 min
January 03, 202102.12 - 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.

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For 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

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31 min
December 27, 2020Bonus - 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.
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48 min
December 20, 2020 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.
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41 min
November 04, 202002.11 - 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.

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For 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

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30 min
October 18, 2020 Bonus - The Philosophy of Empire
To understand the past, sometimes we need to examine our values and subject them to philosophical analysis. The British Empire was a complex, varied entity that stretched across the world and changed over the centuries. How do we understand the mindset of those people in the C19th who created it, or lived in it? This episode is designed to get you thinking and analysing big questions and unpleasant moral problems. Ultimately the answers will be down to your judgements. Be warned some material is upsetting and contains references to genocide, racism, slavery, the holocaust, abortion and critiques of religion. I hope you find it stimulating.
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1 hr 1 min
October 11, 202002.10 - The Trouble With Peace
After the Peace of Berwick, parliaments meet in England and Ireland. The Irish Parliament goes off without a hitch. The English... not so much.

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For 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

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34 min
October 04, 202002.09 - The Calm Before the Storm
After signing a treaty with the king, the Covenanters find it wasn't worth the paper it was written on. The General Assembly meets once more, but the Parliament of Scotland is held up in procedure for weeks, before being prorogued. Aware of the danger of foreign intervention, the Covenanters continue their diplomatic offensive with fantastic results.
Listen to Agoraphobia here: https://pod.link/1068901505
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For 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
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

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30 min
September 27, 2020 Bonus - The Sinking of the Arandora Star
This was the talk I gave at this year's Intelligent Speech conference. I follow three interned 'enemy aliens' during the Second World War, as the British Government arrested them. Their eventual fates were very different, but first they would all have to pass through the crucible of the Arandora Star.
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43 min
September 20, 2020 Bonus - Plague, War and Hellfire with Rebecca Rideal
After reading and loving 1666: Plague, War and Hellfire I asked historian, author, producer and podcaster Rebecca Rideal on to talk about it.

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48 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…