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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01.08 - The King of Great Britain
James Stuart arrives in London and becomes King of England, Scotland, and Ireland
37 min
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01.07 - Personal Unions with Sir John Elliott
I speak to Sir John Elliott, Regius Professor Emeritus of Modern History at Oxford University
56 min
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01.06 - The Devil's Greatest Enemy
James VI of Scotland's early life and reign, surviving coups and rebellions aplenty
30 min
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01.05 - The Great Earl's Rebellion
The Nine Years War breaks out as simmering discontent between Old Irish, Old English, and New English boils over
27 min
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01.04 - The 'First Battle of the Atlantic'
England's friends become foes, and foes become friends, as religious and strategic ambitions collide
31 min
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01.03 - Gold, Praise, Glory
Piracy, plunder, slave trading, and wool. England opens its naval horizons
32 min
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01.02 - The Emerald Isle
Ireland, Tudor rule, and English Plantation
41 min
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01.01 - A British Peace
An introduction to the podcast, and to the Tudors
35 min