Pax Britannica: A History of the British Empire

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01.43 - Mystic Massacre Jun 07, 2020

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With Saybrook and the rest of Connecticut under siege, a combined Engish and Native force sets out on a daring raid to strike at the heart of Pequot territory.

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

Virginia Dejohn Anderson, 'New England in the Seventeenth Century', in The Oxford History of the British Empire: Volume I: The Origins of Empire
Virginia Dejohn Anderson, New England's Generation: The Great Migration and the Formation of Society and Culture in the Seventeenth Century
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

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01.42 - Parabellum May 31, 2020

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In the aftermath of Stone's murder, another Englishman faces a grisly fate at the hands of Narragansett allies. Massachusetts demands justice... from the Pequots?

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

Virginia Dejohn Anderson, 'New England in the Seventeenth Century', in The Oxford History of the British Empire: Volume I: The Origins of Empire
Virginia Dejohn Anderson, New England's Generation: The Great Migration and the Formation of Society and Culture in the Seventeenth Century
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

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01.41 - Murder on the Saltwater Frontier May 24, 2020

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Communities from Massachusetts Bay establish the first settlements of the colony of Connecticut, and a drunken pirate goes too far.

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

Virginia Dejohn Anderson, 'New England in the Seventeenth Century', in The Oxford History of the British Empire: Volume I: The Origins of Empire
Virginia Dejohn Anderson, New England's Generation: The Great Migration and the Formation of Society and Culture in the Seventeenth Century
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

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01.40 - Providence Gained May 03, 2020

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As disagreements over religion and politics build in Massachusetts Bay, exiled groups of people establish new colonies in New England. Puritans back in London launch the settlement of a key strategic island.

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

Virginia Dejohn Anderson, 'New England in the Seventeenth Century', in The Oxford History of the British Empire: Volume I: The Origins of Empire
Virginia Dejohn Anderson, New England's Generation: The Great Migration and the Formation of Society and Culture in the Seventeenth Century
Richard Middleton, Colonial America
Paul Lay, Providence Lost: The Rise and Fall of Cromwell's Protectorate

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01.39 - City on a Hill Apr 19, 2020

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Why did the Hotter Sort of Protestant fear for the Church of England? We look at why they emigrated to New England in their thousands, and how the colony expanded once they got there.

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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
Milton, A. (2015). ‘Arminians, Laudians, Anglicans, and Revisionists’, Huntington Library Quarterly
Virginia Dejohn Anderson, 'New England in the Seventeenth Century', in The Oxford History of the British Empire: Volume I: The Origins of Empire
Virginia Dejohn Anderson, New England's Generation: The Great Migration and the Formation of Society and Culture in the Seventeenth Century
Richard Middleton, Colonial America

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Bonus - The First Intersex in Colonial America Apr 12, 2020

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In 1629, in colonial Virginia, there came before the courts one Thomas Hall. Or was it Thomasine Hall? That was the question. This was the first recorded intersex person in America – that is, apart from Native American traditions, of course (which we DO cover in this episode). The colonists didn’t know what to do. Today, we’re taking a look at perceptions of intersex in early colonial America, and all of the centuries of tradition that went into them, from ancient Greece up to the present.

To read Hall’s case for yourself, see The Minutes of the Council and General Court of Colonial Virginia.

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01.38 - Personal Rule Apr 04, 2020

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Whig, Marxist, Revisionist, Post-Revisionist. We look at these major fields of historigraphy, as we cover the first half of Charles' Personal Rule.

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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
David Cressy. 'The Blindness of Charles I', Huntington Library Quarterly,
Harris, T. ‘Revisiting the Causes of the English Civil War’, Huntington Library Quarterly,
Harris, T. Rebellion.
John Morrill, 'What was the English Revolution?', History Today.

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01.37 - The Graces Mar 29, 2020

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With the outbreak of war with Spain, Ireland once again became a serious concern for London. The Spanish could find easy allies among their co-religionists, and the kingdom was lightly defended. The solution? Offer a serious of political and financial concessions to Catholic Anglo-Irish and Gaelic Irish, in return for their assistance in the war.

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

Jane H. Ohlmeyer, ''Civilizinge of those Rude Partes': Colonization within Britain and Ireland, 1580s-1640s', in The Oxford History of the British Empire: Volume I: The Origins of Empire
Nicholas Canny, Making Ireland British, 1580-1650
Conrad Russell, The Causes of the English Civil War
Mark Kishlansky, Monarchy Transformed
Tadhg Ó hAnnracháin, 'Counter Reformation: The Catholic Church, 1550-1641', in The Cambridge History of Ireland
Colm Lennon, 'Protestant Reformations, 1550-1641', in The Cambridge History of Ireland

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01.36 - Root and Branch Mar 08, 2020

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Back in the reign of James VI/I, the plantations of Ireland came under official review. Middlesex, looking to cut costs and raise funds, looked across the Irish Sea to the growing colonial project of the Plantations of Ireland. Why were these costing so much money, why were they not bringing in profit, and why were they still so Irish?!

Check out the podcast website: https://www.paxbritannica.info

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

- Jane H. Ohlmeyer, ''Civilizinge of those Rude Partes': Colonization within Britain and Ireland, 1580s-1640s', in The Oxford History of the British Empire: Volume I: The Origins of Empire

- Nicholas Canny, Making Ireland British, 1580-1650

For a full bibliography, see the website.

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Bonus - Early Modern English Witchcraft with Professor Darren Oldridge Feb 16, 2020

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Prof. Oldridge joins me to talk about witchcraft and religion in early Stuart England,

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