Episode: 2.106 - Dangerous to the Commonwealth

Summer 1648After the defeat at the battle of Preston, the Engager government in Scotland is challenged by insurrection. Meanwhile the royalists at Colchester see their struggle is futile.

20 Mar 202131min

Summer 1648The centre-piece of the Engager campaign, a long delayed Scottish incursion, begins. The New Model Army rushes north to meet the invaders.

13 Mar 202135min

Spring 1648After weeks of unrest, organized, armed opposition to the regime at Westminster erupts in the form of an army mutiny in Wales, and royalist-led insurrections in Kent and Essex.

6 Mar 202136min

Spring 1648Protests break out across England against the regime's religious policies, taxation, and intrusion into local affairs. The disturbances in Norwich get particularly "explosive".

27 Feb 202135min

December 1647While the army contemplates an increasingly radical settlement, the King turns to last remaining option - the Scots.

20 Feb 202137min

Fall 1647Now firmly in control of the kingdom, the army coalition debates what its goals are - revealing its fundamental divisions.

13 Feb 202140min

Summer 1647The long awaited storm finally breaks as both the Independents and the Presbyterians provoke each other into open conflict.

6 Feb 202139min

Spring 1647Alarmed by the consolidation of Presbyterian power in London and parliament, a coalition emerges in the army between Independents, political radicals, and soldiers worried about their back ...

30 Jan 202140min