Episode 91: The Short Parliament

Fall 1658With the death of Oliver Cromwell, the Protectorate seeks stability under a new, untested Lord Protector.

16 Huhti 202232min

1658Just when Cromwell completes his dream of securing Dunkirk, England is drawn into a new war in Scandinavia.

9 Huhti 202236min

January 1658Oliver Cromwell (who is the Lord Protector, definitely not the King) seeks to control the House of Commons through the new "Other House" (which is definitely not the House of Lords).

2 Huhti 202230min

1657Outside of London and Westminster, the people of England adapt to a new normal.

26 Maalis 202235min

1657Thirty years after the Duke of Buckingham's French alliance failed in spectacular fashion, Oliver Cromwell and the Protectorate once again outdo their Stuart predecessors.

19 Maalis 202231min

1657Rival Cromwellian factions in parliament (who had disagreed on just about everything so far) once again split on a final question - whether to make the Lord Protector a King.

12 Maalis 202230min

1657The Second Protectorate Parliament gathers, but rather than heeding Cromwell's call to confirm the existing constitution, the men at Westminster re-open fundamental questions of religion and money...

5 Maalis 202229min

1656A new radical religious group (the Quakers) suffers an internal power struggle, which threatens to de-stabilize the new parliament gathering at Westminster.

26 Helmi 202231min