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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Bonus - The Pre-History of Maryland Aug 30, 2020

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Jared Books from A History of Maryland covers the winding background of the colony

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Bonus - For God or the Devil with Zachary Twamley Aug 23, 2020

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I talk with When Diplomacy Fails' Zack Twamley about his new book, For God or the Devil: A History of the Thirty Years War. We chat about how the conflict is remembered, and what he's learnt after returning to the topic after seven years.

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02.06 - A Crisis by Monthly Instalments Aug 16, 2020

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A new prayer book sparks riots in July, more riots in August, a National Petition in September, a National Supplication in October, a new government in November. When things go badly wrong, they happen fast.

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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
Harris, T. Rebellion
Keynon, Ohlmeyer, The Civil Wars
MacKenzie, K, The Solemn League and Covenant of the Three Kingdoms and the Cromwellian Union, 1643-1663

For a full bibliography, see the website.

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Bonus - The National Covenant Aug 16, 2020

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The confession of faith of the Kirk of Scotland, February 1638.

Text courtesy of Free Presbyterian Church of Scotland: https://www.fpchurch.org.uk/about-us/important-documents/the-national-covenant-1638/

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02.05 - Homecoming Aug 09, 2020

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Despite being born in Scotland, Charles I left as a young child and did not return until he was in his thirties. Nevertheless, he tried to enforce his will much as his father had done. In one of the worst homecomings in history, the king would thoroughly antagonise vast numbers of his subjects.

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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
Harris, T. Rebellion
Keynon, Ohlmeyer, The Civil Wars
Adams, Goodare, Scotland in the Age of Two Revolutions.

For a full bibliography, see the website.

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02.04 - Making Ireland English Aug 02, 2020

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Wentworth and Laud try to reform the Church of Ireland, and face resistance. Plantation returns with a vengeance, and even powerful New English face the wrath of the Lord Deputy.

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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
Nicholas Canny, Making Ireland British, 1580-1650
Harris, T. Rebellion
Keynon, Ohlmeyer, The Civil Wars
Lennon, C, 'Protestant Reformations, 1550-1641', in The Cambridge History of Ireland

See the website for a full bibliography.

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02.03 - Graces Denied Jul 26, 2020

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The political concessions known as the Graces remained a sticking point for Irish Catholics. They had bought and paid for them with taxation, but the last Lord Deputy had dragged his feet. Now, with Sir Thomas Wentworth in charge, perhaps the longed-for toleration would finally be made real.

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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
Harris, T. Rebellion
Keynon, Ohlmeyer, The Civil Wars
Lennon, C, 'Protestant Reformations, 1550-1641', in The Cambridge History of Ireland

See the website for a full bibliography.

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02.02 - Star Chamber Jul 19, 2020

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Archbishop Laud spearheads the reform of the Church of England. Out with the new and in with the old, or so he said. Others disagreed and called for a different future for the church. The Court of High Commission and the Court of Star Chamber awaited them with fines, imprisonment, and mutilation.

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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
Harris, T. Rebellion
Keynon, Ohlmeyer, The Civil Wars

See the website for a full bibliography.

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02.01 - Eleven Years of Tyranny? Jul 12, 2020

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Charles tries to avoid a parliament. Ship Money goes to court. The Hampden Case begins.

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

Conrad Russell, The Causes of the English Civil War
Mark Kishlansky, Monarchy Transformed
Harris, T. Rebellion
Keynon, Ohlmeyer, The Civil Wars

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01.44 - The Pequot Genocide Jun 15, 2020

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After the devastating raid at Fort Mystic, the Pequot nation is left without allies as the English and their indigenous allies continue their campaign of collective punishment. Far to the south, the English colonies of Montserrat and Barbados establish their unique characteristics; Montserrat, an Irish island in an English Atlantic world; and Barbados, an economic engine powered by the enslavement of Africans.

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

Richard Middleton, Colonial America
Lipman, Andrew, 'Murder on the Saltwater Frontier', Early American Studies
Winthrop, John, A History of New England
Karr, Ronald Dale, "Why should you be so furious?": The Violence of the Pequot War', Journal of American History
Katz, Steven T., 'The Pequot War Reconsidered', The New England Quarterly
Grant, Daragh, 'The Treaty of Hartford: Reconsidering Jurisdiction in Southern New England', The William and Mary Quarterly
Beckles, Hilary McD, A History of Barbados: From Amerindian Settlement to Caribbean Single Market
Block, Kristen and Shaw, Jenny, 'Subjects without an Empire: The Irish in the Early Modern Caribbean', Past and Present
Hogan, Liam, McAtackney, Laura, and Reilly, Matthew C.,'The Irish in the Anglo-Caribbean: servants or slaves?', History Ireland

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