Pax Britannica: A History of the British Empire

By Samuel HumeSociety & Culture Education History

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Pax Britannica: A History of the British Empire episodes

September 13, 202002.08 - The First Bishops' War
King and Covenanter call up their forces and prepare for war. Alexander Leslie returns to Scotland. We look at how the armies are armed and trained, and how Scotland's famous castles held up in the era of gunpowder.

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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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1 hr 5 min
September 06, 202002.07 - ‘No Matter What Master We Serve’
Veterans of the Thirty Years War were invaluable in the early Wars of the Three Kingdoms, and this episode looks at why. Why did so many Scots sign up to fight on the continent? Gold? Glory? Escaping a debt? Because they were arrested and forced to? All of the above.

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For this episode, I found the following publications particularly useful:
Keynon, Ohlmeyer, The Civil Wars
MacKenzie, Kirsteen, The Solemn League and Covenant of the Three Kingdoms and the Cromwellian Union, 1643-1663
Miller, James, 'The Scottish mercenary as a migrant labourer in Europe, 1550-1650', in Zürcher, Erik-Jan (ed.), Fighting for a Living: A Comparative Study of Military Labour 1500-2000
Murdoch, Steven and Grosjean, Alexia, Alexander Leslie and the Scottish generals of the Thirty Years' War, 1618-1648
Murdoch, Steven, Scotland and the Thirty Years' War, 1618-1648

For a full bibliography, see the website.

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40 min
August 30, 2020 Bonus - The Pre-History of Maryland
Jared Books from A History of Maryland covers the winding background of the colony

Listen to A History of Maryland : https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/jared-books/a-history-of-maryland

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1 hr 7 min
August 23, 2020 Bonus - For God or the Devil with Zachary Twamley
I talk with When Diplomacy Fails' Zack Twamley about his new book, For God or the Devil: A History of the Thirty Years War. We chat about how the conflict is remembered, and what he's learnt after returning to the topic after seven years.

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36 min
August 16, 202002.06 - A Crisis by Monthly Instalments
A new prayer book sparks riots in July, more riots in August, a National Petition in September, a National Supplication in October, a new government in November. When things go badly wrong, they happen fast.

Listen to the Research in Scottish History Podcast here: https://pod.link/1523363966

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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
Harris, T. Rebellion
Keynon, Ohlmeyer, The Civil Wars
MacKenzie, K, The Solemn League and Covenant of the Three Kingdoms and the Cromwellian Union, 1643-1663

For a full bibliography, see the website.

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36 min
August 16, 2020 Bonus - The National Covenant
The confession of faith of the Kirk of Scotland, February 1638.

Text courtesy of Free Presbyterian Church of Scotland: https://www.fpchurch.org.uk/about-us/important-documents/the-national-covenant-1638/

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30 min
August 09, 202002.05 - Homecoming
Despite being born in Scotland, Charles I left as a young child and did not return until he was in his thirties. Nevertheless, he tried to enforce his will much as his father had done. In one of the worst homecomings in history, the king would thoroughly antagonise vast numbers of his subjects.
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For this episode, I found the following publications particularly useful:
Russell, C The Causes of the English Civil War
Kishlansky, M, Monarchy Transformed
Harris, T. Rebellion
Keynon, Ohlmeyer, The Civil Wars
Adams, Goodare, Scotland in the Age of Two Revolutions.

For a full bibliography, see the website.

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34 min
August 02, 202002.04 - Making Ireland English
Wentworth and Laud try to reform the Church of Ireland, and face resistance. Plantation returns with a vengeance, and even powerful New English face the wrath of the Lord Deputy.

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Give Ages of Conquest a listen: https://podcasts.apple.com/ph/podcast/ages-of-conquest-a-kings-and-generals-podcast/id1446527049

For this episode, I found the following publications particularly useful:
Russell, C The Causes of the English Civil War
Kishlansky, M, Monarchy Transformed
Nicholas Canny, Making Ireland British, 1580-1650
Harris, T. Rebellion
Keynon, Ohlmeyer, The Civil Wars
Lennon, C, 'Protestant Reformations, 1550-1641', in The Cambridge History of Ireland

See the website for a full bibliography.

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37 min
July 26, 202002.03 - Graces Denied
The political concessions known as the Graces remained a sticking point for Irish Catholics. They had bought and paid for them with taxation, but the last Lord Deputy had dragged his feet. Now, with Sir Thomas Wentworth in charge, perhaps the longed-for toleration would finally be made real.
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For this episode, I found the following publications particularly useful:
Russell, C The Causes of the English Civil War
Kishlansky, M, Monarchy Transformed
Harris, T. Rebellion
Keynon, Ohlmeyer, The Civil Wars
Lennon, C, 'Protestant Reformations, 1550-1641', in The Cambridge History of Ireland

See the website for a full bibliography.

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30 min
July 19, 202002.02 - Star Chamber
Archbishop Laud spearheads the reform of the Church of England. Out with the new and in with the old, or so he said. Others disagreed and called for a different future for the church. The Court of High Commission and the Court of Star Chamber awaited them with fines, imprisonment, and mutilation.

Check out the podcast website
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For this episode, I found the following publications particularly useful:
Russell, C. The Causes of the English Civil War
Kishlansky, M. Monarchy Transformed
Harris, T. Rebellion
Keynon, Ohlmeyer, The Civil Wars

See the website for a full bibliography.

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40 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…