Pax Britannica: A History of the Brit...
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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Bonus - The Blazing World with Dr Jonathan Healey
I speak with Jonathan Healey, author of the new book 'The Blazing World: A New History of Revolutionary England'
43 min
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02.67 - English Civil War 2 - Britannic Boogaloo
English rebellion ties up Cromwell and Fairfax, the Scots prepare to invade, and in Ireland the Confederacy tears itself apart.
22 min
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02.66 - The Second English Civil War, Part 1
Fairfax and Cromwell face down English rebellion, as the Scots and Irish prepare for war.
29 min
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02.65 - A Coalition of Chaos
The New Model Army prepares to take on... basically everyone else!
25 min
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02.64 - A Deal with the Devil
Against the threat of the New Model Army, the Covenanters agree the Engagement with Charles I
32 min
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Bonus - The Great Defiance with Dr David Veevers
How the World Took on the British Empire
78 min
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02.63 - The Putney Debates
or the Old Serpent in New Form, the Serpentine Deceit of Pretended Friends in the Army
31 min
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02.62 - The Burning of Cashel
Parliamentary armies go on the offensive in Ireland.
24 min
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02.61 - London Has Fallen
The New Model Army seizes the king, and begins to march on the capital.
31 min
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02.60 - You and What Army?
Parliament tries to tell the New Model Army what to do. It doesn't go well.
27 min
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Bonus - Did Oliver Cromwell Ban Christmas?
Was the Lord Protector a Puritan Grinch?
13 min
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02.59 - A King's Ransom
Buy your own King for this low low price!
27 min
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02.58 - The Entropy of Victory
The English Civil War is over, and former allies turn on each other.
25 min
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02.57 - Kilkenny Coup d'etat
With the king's defeat in the English Civil War, his forces in Scotland and Ireland react.
25 min
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02.56 - The Wisdom of Crowds
With the English Civil War over - for now - it's time to count the cost, and take a look at post-war England.
28 min
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Bonus - Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex and ...
17 min
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02.55 - Peace, if you can keep it
Naseby shattered the Royalist cause. Now the New Model Army just had to sweep up the pieces...
30 min
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02.54 - The Great Battle of Naseby
The New Model Army takes on the Royalists in the decisive battle...
27 min
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02.53 - The New Model Army
Fighting a new kind of war requires a new model of army...
30 min
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02.52 - Wasted Opportunities
Essex joyfully marches into a trap, and the Second Battle of Newbury displays parliamentary divisions for all to see...
24 min
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02.51 - The Battle of Five Armies
Royalist, Parliamentarian, and Covenanter meet on Marston Moor, and the fate of the North is decided.
27 min
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02.50 - Drunk with Blood
Prince Rupert campaigns in the North, Charles outplays Waller in the south, and Marston Moor looms on the horizon
27 min
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02.49 - Unfortunate Madness
Secret treaties never backfire... right?
26 min
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02.48 - Butlerian Jihad
The Irish Confederacy and the Lord Deputy negotiate a peace... or at least they try to.
29 min
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02.47 - Inchiquin and Broghill
King Charles faces defections in Munster over the Cessation
25 min