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 - Cromwell's Protectorate with Paul Lay
The rise and fall of the Commonwealth
57 min
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02.12 - The Second Bishops' War
The Covenanters besiege Edinburgh Castle and invade northern England
27 min
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Bonus - Sir Thomas Fairfax by CavalierCast
A guest episode from CavalierCast
43 min
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Bonus - The Ancient Britons by the Early Stuart...
The King's Welsh subjects rally to his cause, turning the western borderlands into one of the key strategic theatres of the war.
37 min
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02.11 - Hearts and Minds
The Covenanters and the Royalists continue their propaganda war
27 min
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Bonus - The Philosophy of Empire
Chris from the Age of Victoria Podcast
57 min
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02.10 - The Trouble With Peace
The English and Irish Parliaments are summoned to prepare for war.
30 min
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02.09 - The Calm Before the Storm
After the Pacification of Berwick, the Covenanters prepare for the inevitable
26 min
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Bonus - The Sinking of the Arandora Star
My talk from Intelligent Speech 2020!
38 min
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Bonus - Plague, War and Hellfire with Rebecca R...
I chat with Rebecca Rideal the disastrous year of 1666
44 min
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02.08 - The First Bishops' War
The Wars of the Three Kingdoms begin.
61 min
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02.07 - ‘No Matter What Master We Serve’
Why did so many Scots serve as mercenaries, and why were they so good at it?
36 min
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Bonus - The Pre-History of Maryland
Jared Books from A History of Maryland covers the winding background of the colony
62 min
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Bonus - For God or the Devil with Zachary Twamley
I chat with Zack from When Diplomacy Fails about the Thirty Years War
32 min
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02.06 - A Crisis by Monthly Instalments
From riots in July to a provisional government by Christmas.
32 min
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Bonus - The National Covenant
The confession of faith of the Kirk of Scotland, February 1638.
25 min
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02.05 - Homecoming
Charles I returns to Scotland. The Scots are not pleased to see him.
31 min
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02.04 - Making Ireland English
Lord Deputy Wentworth tries to complete his other objectives
33 min
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02.03 - Graces Denied
Lord Deputy Wentworth alters the deal. Pray he doesn't alter it any further.
27 min
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02.02 - Star Chamber
Laudianism. What was it, was it popular, and what if you didn't like it?
37 min
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02.01 - Eleven Years of Tyranny?
In the first episode of the new season, we look at the fallout of Charles' financial policies.
25 min
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01.44 - The Pequot Genocide
The Pequots are destroyed. English colonies spread throughout the Caribbean.
35 min
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01.43 - Mystic Massacre
With one brutal strike, Pequot resistance is broken
30 min
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01.42 - Parabellum
Another murder leads the English to war.
28 min
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01.41 - Murder on the Saltwater Frontier
Colonies spring up along the Connecticut River
26 min