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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01.30 - The Siege of Saint-Martin
Charles chases military success once again!
22 min
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Bonus - The English Revolution with Mike Duncan
I speak to Mike Duncan about podcasting, revolutions, writing, and the British Civil Wars
53 min
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Bonus - Sound Education Experience
My account of my time in Boston, at Harvard and BU, for Sound Education
19 min
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Bonus - The Origins of Halloween
Ancient Human Sacrifice | Christian Veneration | Bargain-bin Costumes
47 min
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01.29 - Impeachment!
The 1626 Parliament takes aim at the incompetent, corrupt, and unpopular Duke of Buckingham
30 min
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01.28 - The Useless Parliament
The king faces off against his first parliament, while the English holiday in Spain.
29 min
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01.27 - Long Live the King
A tour of Charles' realm, and catching up on events in Virginia.
25 min
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01.26 - The King is Dead
James oversees his last parliament, as the last chance of peace slips away.
37 min
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01.25 - The Spanish Match
Charles and George's Excellent Adventure!
22 min
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01.24 - The Winter King
Frederick is enthroned and then dethroned, and James clashes with another parliament
29 min
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01.23 - King in the North
By the Old Scots and the New, Protector of the Realm
30 min
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01.22 - The Pilgrims and the Mayflower
The first months of Plymouth Colony, and the religious situation in Jacobean England
31 min
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01.21 - Rise of the Favourites
Court politics and favouritism, corruption and murder.
33 min
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01.20 - The East India Company
India, Virginia, Bermuda, and Slavery
35 min
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01.19 - Flushing it all away
The Prince is Dead! Long Live the Prince!
29 min
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01.18 - The Discovery of Witchcraft
James: The Devil's Greatest Enemy, or the Wisest Fool in Christendom?
60 min
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01.17 - The Sun is Gone Out
War is brewing, and the Great Equaliser comes for Earls and Princes
25 min
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01.16 - The Great Contract
The final sessions of James' parliament meet. It doesn't go well.
25 min
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01.15 - The Trinity of Knaves
A closer look at James' closest advisers
27 min
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01.14 - What's it like to make a History Podcas...
I have a chat with Brandon from Dead Ideas about the business of podcasting
41 min
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01.13 - The Prince that was Promised
Who was part of the Stuart Royal Family?
28 min
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01.12 - Laboratory of Empire
Vast tracts of land in Ulster, confiscated from Irish Earls, are planted with British settlers
30 min
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01.11 - The New World
England's fatal first attempts at colonising the Americas
30 min
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01.10 - The Flight of the Earls
The king wrestles with his parliament (not literally) as Ireland faces the post-war world
33 min
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01.09 - Gunpowder Treason and Plot
James VI and I faces down murderous plots against his life
38 min