Pax Britannica: A History of the British Empire

Whig, Marxist, Revisionist, Post-Revisionist. We look at these major fields of historigraphy, as we cover the first half of Charles' Personal Rule. Check out the podcast website: https://www.paxbrita...

4 Apr 202027min

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 s...

29 Mar 202029min

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 ...

8 Mar 202032min

Prof. Oldridge joins me to talk about witchcraft and religion in early Stuart England, The recommended books, available from all good retailers, are: Strange Histories (2017) The Supernatural in T...

16 Feb 202041min

By the end of his reign, James is unwilling to entertain the more ludicrous accusations of witchcraft, and Charles continues this approach. Puritanism, the new bogeyman of the Anglican church, appears...

20 Jan 202037min

Charles comes to terms with his French and Spanish enemies, and we examine what has been going on outside of Europe. The East India Company survives significant threats, while the Pilgrims gain new ne...

12 Jan 202032min

Allen Ayers from the Political History of the United States podcast comes on to talk all about New England in the 1620s. Listen to the Political History of the United States HERE: https://uspolitical...

29 Des 201929min

Thomas from the History of Aotearoa New Zealand Podcast tells the tale of Barnet Burns, a sailor turned trader turned Pākehā Māori. Listen to The History of Aotearoa New Zealand here:https://historya...

22 Des 20191h 4min