Episode 2.79: An End to Your Sitting
Spring 1653A long stand-off culminates in the forced dissolution of the Long Parliament, twelve and a half years after its initial elections.
30 Okt 202137min
Episode 2.78: Impatience of Spirit
1652-3Oliver Cromwell struggles to hold the disparate elements of the Commonwealth coalition together, but the mounting pressure seems to make a break all but inevitable.
23 Okt 202135min
Episode 2.77: Adventurers and Soldiers
1652Having pacified all organized resistance in Ireland, the Puritan Commonwealth regime contemplates how to rule a pre-dominantly Catholic nation.
16 Okt 202135min
Episode 2.75: The Rump and the Army
1651-2As England prepares for a Dutch war, factions within the Commonwealth find that they have enemies at home.
2 Okt 202140min
Episode 2.74: The Key of Wealth
1652Desperate to match the modernizing credit economy of the Dutch, the Commonwealth turns to a been enthusiast, an impoverished inventor, and England's spinsters.
25 Sep 202145min
Episode 2.73: The End of a Friendship
1651-1652After decades of close co-operation, the Anglo-Dutch relationship falls apart due to heated economic competition.
18 Sep 202135min
Episode 2.72: Barbados
1651Having pacified Scotland and Ireland, the Commonwealth regime looks to secure one last component of the old Stuart realms - the New World colonies.
11 Sep 202141min
