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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02.31 - Tower Defence
Garrison Warfare is the Name of the Game!
23 min
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02.30 - 'We Saluted with Bullets'
Royalists and Parliamentarians fight in the North and the South-West
24 min
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ScotRev | Gothic Revivalism and Covenanted Conf...
I speak with Allan MacInnes, Emeritus Professor of History at the University of Strathclyde
42 min
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02.29 - The O'Neill Family Business
Owen Roe O'Neill returns to Ireland to fight for God, Fatherland, and King. Well, maybe not that last one...
26 min
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Bonus - Historical Fiction with Zack Twamley
I chat with Zack Twamley about his new series, Matchlock!
34 min
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02.28 - The Irish Confederacy
With the rebellion turning into a war, the rebels form their own government to rival Dublin.
25 min
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02.27 - The March on London
After Edgehill, both armies race to London.
21 min
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ScotRev | Church Discipline in Revolutionary Ed...
I speak with Dr Claire McNulty
30 min
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02.26 - The Battle of Edgehill
The first pitched battle of the English Civil War begins
28 min
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02.25 - Preparing for War
What did civil war armies look like? How did they fight?
32 min
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02.24 - Give Unto Caesar His Due
The First English Civil War begins.
31 min
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02.23 - Nolumus Leges Angliae Mutari
What were Royalists and Parliamentarians ready to fight a war over?
37 min
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02.22 - Neither Eyes to See nor Tongue to Speak
Matters come to a head in London, as Charles makes his move against the Junto
30 min
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02.21 - The Grand Remonstrance
Charles I returns to London to cheering crowds. Just six weeks later, he will flee.
27 min
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02.20 - Bloody News
Reports from Ireland make their way back to Britain, and fan the flames of hysteria
21 min
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02.19 - The Irish Rebellion
The rebellion spreads throughout and beyond Ulster...
28 min
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ScotRev | Maintaining the Covenanter Regime in ...
I speak with Dr Alan MacDonald, Senior Lecturer in History at the University of Dundee
40 min
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ScotRev | Rethinking the Scottish Revolution wi...
I speak with Laura Stewart, Professor in Early Modern History at the University of York
52 min
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02.18 - Rebellions are Built on Hope
The opening moves of the 1641 Rebellion
26 min
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ScotRev | Scottish Republicanism and Anti-Monar...
I speak with Dr Sharon Adams
34 min
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ScotRev | Piety and Heartwork in Covenanter Sco...
I speak with Dr Louise Yeoman
56 min
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02.17 - A Peaceful Land, A Quiet People?
Ireland before the 1641 Rebellion was far from peaceful
26 min
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ScotRev | Defining Revolution with Prof. Julian...
I speak with Julian Goodare, Professor of History at the University of Edinburgh
69 min
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ScotRev | Covenanted Interests across Three Kin...
I speak with Dr Kirsteen MacKenzie
98 min
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ScotRev | Covenanting Identity in the Cromwelli...
I speak with Dr Mikki Brock, Associate Professor History at Washington and Lee University
44 min