Pax Britannica: A History of the British Empire

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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Episoder(238)

02.11 - Hearts and Minds

02.11 - Hearts and Minds

With the Short Parliament dissolved, Charles raises a new army as best he can without English taxation. But across the kingdom, resentment and unrest spreads, and unpopular officers and Laudian church...

4 Nov 202029min

Bonus - The Philosophy of Empire

Bonus - The Philosophy of Empire

To understand the past, sometimes we need to examine our values and subject them to philosophical analysis. The British Empire was a complex, varied entity that stretched across the world and changed ...

18 Okt 20201h

02.10 - The Trouble With Peace

02.10 - The Trouble With Peace

After the Peace of Berwick, parliaments meet in England and Ireland. The Irish Parliament goes off without a hitch. The English... not so much. Listen to Agoraphobia here: https://pod.link/1068901505...

11 Okt 202033min

02.09 - The Calm Before the Storm

02.09 - The Calm Before the Storm

After signing a treaty with the king, the Covenanters find it wasn't worth the paper it was written on. The General Assembly meets once more, but the Parliament of Scotland is held up in procedure for...

4 Okt 202029min

Bonus - The Sinking of the Arandora Star

Bonus - The Sinking of the Arandora Star

This was the talk I gave at this year's Intelligent Speech conference. I follow three interned 'enemy aliens' during the Second World War, as the British Government arrested them. Their eventual fates...

27 Sep 202042min

Bonus - Plague, War and Hellfire with Rebecca Rideal

Bonus - Plague, War and Hellfire with Rebecca Rideal

After reading and loving 1666: Plague, War and Hellfire I asked historian, author, producer and podcaster Rebecca Rideal on to talk about it. Buy the book HERE. Register for the Regicide event HERE L...

20 Sep 202047min

02.08 - The First Bishops' War

02.08 - The First Bishops' War

King and Covenanter call up their forces and prepare for war. Alexander Leslie returns to Scotland. We look at how the armies are armed and trained, and how Scotland's famous castles held up in the er...

13 Sep 20201h 4min

02.07 - ‘No Matter What Master We Serve’

02.07 - ‘No Matter What Master We Serve’

Veterans of the Thirty Years War were invaluable in the early Wars of the Three Kingdoms, and this episode looks at why. Why did so many Scots sign up to fight on the continent? Gold? Glory? Escaping ...

6 Sep 202039min

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