Pax Britannica: A History of the British Empire

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**Pax Britannica: A History of the British Empire**

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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ScotRev | Maintaining the Covenanter Regime in Civil War Scotland with Dr Alan MacDonald Apr 15, 2021

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I speak with Dr Alan MacDonald, Senior Lecturer in History at the University of Dundee

Dr MacDonald's Twitter: @estaitis

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ScotRev | Rethinking the Scottish Revolution with Prof. Laura Stewart Apr 07, 2021

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Rethinking the Scottish Revolution: Covenanted Scotland, 1637-53

Union and Revolution: Scotland and Beyond, 1625-1745

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02.18 - Rebellions are Built on Hope Apr 03, 2021

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For this episode, I found the following publications particularly useful:

Kishlansky, M, Monarchy Transformed
Macinnes, Allan, The British Revolution, 1629-1660
Harris, T. Rebellion
M. Perceval-Maxwell, The Outbreak of the Irish Rebellion Of 1641
Jane Ohlmeyer, Micheál Ó Siochrú, Ireland, 1641: Contexts and Reactions
Micheál Ó Siochrú, God’s Executioner: Oliver Cromwell and the Conquest of Ireland
Tim Harris, Rebellion
Mark Kishlansky, A Monarchy Transformed
John Cunningham, ‘Politics, 1641-1660’, Cambridge History of Ireland
David Edwards, ‘Political Change and Social Transformation, 1603-1641’, Cambridge History of Ireland
John Jeremiah Cronin and Padraig Lenihan, ‘Wars of Religion, 1641-1691’, Cambridge History of Ireland
Diane Purkiss, The English Civil War
Joseph Cope, ‘The Irish Rising’, in Michael J. Braddick. The Oxford Handbook of the English Revolution

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ScotRev | Scottish Republicanism and Anti-Monarchism with Dr Sharon Adams Apr 01, 2021

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ScotRev | Piety and Heartwork in Covenanter Scotland with Dr Louise Yeoman Mar 25, 2021

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Witch Hunt Podcast: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p07rn38z/episodes/downloads

Time Travels: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b094d4hl/episodes/downloads

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02.17 - A Peaceful Land, A Quiet People? Mar 21, 2021

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For this episode, I found the following publications particularly useful:

Kishlansky, M, Monarchy Transformed
Macinnes, Allan, The British Revolution, 1629-1660
Harris, T. Rebellion
M. Perceval-Maxwell, The Outbreak of the Irish Rebellion Of 1641
Jane Ohlmeyer, Micheál Ó Siochrú, Ireland, 1641: Contexts and Reactions
Micheál Ó Siochrú, God’s Executioner: Oliver Cromwell and the Conquest of Ireland
Tim Harris, Rebellion
Mark Kishlansky, A Monarchy Transformed
John Cunningham, ‘Politics, 1641-1660’, Cambridge History of Ireland
David Edwards, ‘Political Change and Social Transformation, 1603-1641’, Cambridge History of Ireland
John Jeremiah Cronin and Padraig Lenihan, ‘Wars of Religion, 1641-1691’, Cambridge History of Ireland
Diane Purkiss, The English Civil War
Joseph Cope, ‘The Irish Rising’, in Michael J. Braddick. The Oxford Handbook of the English Revolution

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ScotRev | Defining Revolution with Prof. Julian Goodare Mar 18, 2021

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I discuss how we describe revolutions with Prof. Goodare

Prof. Goodare's Staff Profile

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ScotRev | Covenanted Interests across Three Kingdoms with Dr Kirsteen MacKenzie Mar 11, 2021

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The Solemn League and Covenant of the Three Kingdoms and the Cromwellian Union, 1643-1663: https://www.routledge.com/The-Solemn-League-and-Covenant-of-the-Three-Kingdoms-and-the-Cromwellian/Mackenzie/p/book/9781409418696

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ScotRev | Covenanting Identity in the Cromwellian Occupation with Dr Mikki Brock Mar 04, 2021

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‘Keeping the Covenant in Cromwellian Scotland: https://www.euppublishing.com/doi/abs/10.3366/shr.2020.0488

Dr Brock’s website: https://www.mdbrock.com/

Mapping the Scottish Reformation: https://mappingthescottishreformation.org/

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02.16 - The Incident Feb 28, 2021

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For this episode, I found the following publications particularly useful:

Robertson, Barry, Royalists at War in Scotland and Ireland, 1638-1650
Kishlansky, M, Monarchy Transformed
Macinnes, Allan, The British Revolution, 1629-1660
Harris, T. Rebellion
Adams, Goodare, Scotland in the Age of Two Revolutions
Alexia Grosjean, Steve Murdoch, Alexander Leslie and the Scottish generals of the Thirty Years' War, 1618-1648
Steve Murdoch (ed), Scotland and the Thirty Years' War
Cowan, E. J., Montrose: For Covenant and King.

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