Pax Britannica: A History of the British Empire

Now that the champions of Personal Rule have been dealt with, Parliament takes aim at the mechanisms which kept the Eleven Years Tyranny in force. Star Chamber and High Commission are on the chopping block, and the bishops themselves are at risk.

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Russell, C The Causes of the English Civil War
Kishlansky, M, Monarchy Transformed
Macinnes, Allan, The British Revolution, 1629-1660
Harris, T. Rebellion
Keynon, Ohlmeyer, The Civil Wars
Smith, David, The Stuart Parliaments, 1603-1689

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02.14 - A Wolf by the Ears Jan 24, 2021

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Thomas Wentworth faces his trial for treason.

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

Russell, C The Causes of the English Civil War
Kishlansky, M, Monarchy Transformed
Macinnes, Allan, The British Revolution, 1629-1660
Harris, T. Rebellion
Keynon, Ohlmeyer, The Civil Wars
Smith, David, The Stuart Parliaments, 1603-1689
Learner, Craig S., 'Impeachment, Attainder, and a true Constitutional Crisis: Lessons from the Strafford Trial', The University of Chicago Law Review
The Earl of Strafford's Final Speeches: https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=Ie87AQAAMAAJ&pg=GBS.PP1

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Bonus - The East India Company with Dr David Veevers Jan 14, 2021

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02.13 - ‘The Root of All Our Calamities’ Jan 12, 2021

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After the disaster of the Second Bishops' War, the English Parliament gathers once again. Prisoners are released, and new ones take their place - Archbishop William Laud, and Thomas Wentworth, the Earl of Strafford.

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

Russell, C The Causes of the English Civil War
Kishlansky, M, Monarchy Transformed
Macinnes, Allan, The British Revolution, 1629-1660
Harris, T. Rebellion
Keynon, Ohlmeyer, The Civil Wars
Smith, David, The Stuart Parliaments, 1603-1689

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Bonus - Cromwell's Protectorate with Paul Lay Jan 07, 2021

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02.12 - The Second Bishops' War Jan 03, 2021

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The fragile peace finally breaks, and Alexander Leslie leads the Army of the Covenant into England. The Scots go out of their way to avoid violence against the English population, determined to keep their southern neighbours on their side. Charles' ill-prepared army musters to stop them.

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

Adams, Goodare, Scotland in the Age of Two Revolutions
Russell, C The Causes of the English Civil War
Kishlansky, M, Monarchy Transformed
Macinnes, Allan, The British Revolution, 1629-1660
Harris, T. Rebellion
Keynon, Ohlmeyer, The Civil Wars
James Miller, ‘The Scottish mercenary as a migrant labourer in Europe, 1550-1650’, in Erik-Jan Zürcher (ed), Fighting for a Living Book Subtitle: A Comparative Study of Military Labour 1500-2000
Smith, David, The Stuart Parliaments, 1603-1689
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

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