Episode 16: Ruling from the Bedchamber
1611After the failure of his Great Contract, new players emerge to challenge the Earl of Salisbury. The most threatening are the Scots who act as the King's bedchamber servants. Their control over p...
10 Aug 201827min
Episode 15: Assassination
Summer 1610After several years of peace, Europe suddenly becomes a more dangerous place. Meanwhile at home, Henry the Prince of Wales comes of age, promising a more active English foreign policy in t...
4 Aug 201833min
Episode 14: The Great Contract
1610James recalls parliament for one last attempt to resolve the kingdom's financial problems. The Earl of Salisbury proposes a "Great Contract" - the King will give up his revenue raising perks in e...
28 Jul 201832min
Episode 13: The Beauty of Holiness
Two poles begin to emerge in James' "big tent" Church. First, the hard-line Calvinists (or Puritans) we encountered at the Hampton Court Conference, seeking to purify the Church of Catholic ritual. ...
21 Jul 201830min
Episode 12: The Flight of the Earls
Two Irish lords flee the British Isles, leaving the Crown in possession of their extensive lands.
14 Jul 201834min
Episode 11: Captain Pouch
The state struggles to suppress a rising of the rural poor in the Midlands.
7 Jul 201830min
Episode 10: Coke and Bacon
In the wake of the prerogative debates of parliament, two lawyers (Edward Coke and Francis Bacon) offer competing visions of English law and society.
30 Jun 201833min
Episode 9: The Prerogative of Purveyance
Parliament re-convenes to discuss the kingdom's finances. The Earl of Salisbury suggests a tempting bargain.
23 Jun 201829min
